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 Fly on Berberis flower - please ID
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| cmherrera |
Posted on 17-06-2011 20:25
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Member Location: southern Spain Posts: 80 Joined: 12.07.10 |
Picture taken on 17 June 2011. Foraging on the flowers of Berberis hispanica at Sierra de Cazorla, a mountain range in southeastern Spain, at 1650 m elevation. Any hint will be appreciated !
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| cmherrera |
Posted on 18-06-2011 06:45
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Member Location: southern Spain Posts: 80 Joined: 12.07.10 |
Another view
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 18-06-2011 07:30
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I guess Tephritidae!!?
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| cmherrera |
Posted on 18-06-2011 19:12
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Member Location: southern Spain Posts: 80 Joined: 12.07.10 |
Hi Sara, thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps you are right. I saw again the fly this morning, this time as she was laying eggs on a Berberis flower. She laid several white, elongated eggs (visible in the picture) that stood loose within the corolla, rather than piercing the ovary and placing the eggs inside, as I would have expected from a Tephritidae... Best wishes, Carlos cmherrera attached the following image:  [146.46Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-06-2011 19:47
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I think this is Tephritoidea but not Tephritidae because the Sc vein approaches C at a shallow angle. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-06-2011 19:58
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Ulidiidae
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| cmherrera |
Posted on 18-06-2011 20:41
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Member Location: southern Spain Posts: 80 Joined: 12.07.10 |
Thank you, John and Paul ! I'm studying the pollinators of Berberis hispanica, and this fly is among the most frequent ones at my study site these days. After looking under Ulidiidae, I found that they most likely are some species of Otites. Edited by cmherrera on 18-06-2011 20:42 |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 20-06-2011 10:47
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Otites maculipennis Latreille, 1811 Please submit pictures to the gallery Val |
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| cmherrera |
Posted on 21-06-2011 19:35
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Member Location: southern Spain Posts: 80 Joined: 12.07.10 |
Thanks, Valery ! I'll submit the pictures to the gallery. |
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