Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 French Guianan tephritid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 23-06-2011 18:25
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Here is a nice photo of a tephritid, from Stephane Brule - can anyone suggest a genus perhaps? 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-06-2011 21:16
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No ideas on this one?
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 03-07-2011 00:32
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Anastrepha sp. Only genus ID is possible from pictures of this genus. Val |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-07-2011 09:38
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Thanks again - it looks a very striking genus - are they identifiable with specimens or is it the usual neotropical problem of no good literature, poor taxonomy and too many undescribed species?
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 03-07-2011 10:25
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Not at all: Al Norrbom (USDA SEL c/o Smithsonian) has already published very comprehensive revisions most if not all species group of this large genus. As commonly in Tephritidae, species are poorly or non- identifiable from males or undissected females: apart from wing and body pattern, fine structures of the ovipositor are species-specific. However, I am not that deep in it to guess the species group from the pic. Edited by Nosferatumyia on 03-07-2011 10:25 Val |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-07-2011 15:02
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That's nice to hear ... I am used to the tachinids and that's a different story, all together 
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