Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 ?Phaonia=Phaonia mystica
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| philporter |
Posted on 04-11-2010 11:41
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
Can anyone identify this for me please? Further pictures below
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| philporter |
Posted on 14-11-2010 14:50
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
3 dc, tibia3 with 1 pd; 2ad; eyes bare. Re. Phaonia/Dendrophaonia couplet in Fonseca, (frontal bristles ending well short of occellar triangle, uppermost weak & not reclinate / bristles almost reaching o.t., uppermost strong and reclinate, the uppermost here strike me as weak and reclinate? philporter attached the following image:  [97.2Kb] Edited by philporter on 14-11-2010 14:53 |
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| philporter |
Posted on 14-11-2010 14:51
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
dorsal surface
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-11-2010 15:50
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Interesting : the very long setose sternite 5 suggests Phaonia mystica (=vittifera) (with these other elements: there are 3 post dc, no presut. acr present, legs are mainly yellow, arista is long plumose, and pra seems long.). Notopleuron should be bare (except the 2 strong bristles), and hind femur without pv...
Stephane. |
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| philporter |
Posted on 14-11-2010 17:08
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
Please Stephane, what is pra? The diagnosis works very well providing the mouth-edge is less prominent than the frons. I think I can see how it could be so, but my initial impression was the opposite. Between the vibrissi, it seems more difficult to relate to the frons, but I haven't seen a good range of species yet. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 14-11-2010 17:18
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Sorry, pra is the abbreviation for pre-alar seta. I confirm the mouthedge is not protruding beyond the frons. Would it be possible to have a close-up of the sternite 5 ?
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 14-11-2010 17:18 Stephane. |
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| philporter |
Posted on 14-11-2010 17:39
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
Here it is Stephane....
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 15-11-2010 20:51
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Thanks Phil, it seems convincing !
Stephane. |
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