Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Scaptomyza > pallida ?
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| djo |
Posted on 12-07-2011 22:01
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Photograph taken in July 2011, South East England, in-land rural/horticultural/agricultural environment. I'm pretty sure this is Scaptomyza (This is one of only 3 genera of fly I can recognise!), and male. I would guess Scaptomyza pallida, but then I can't actually recognise any other scaptomyza... Is it possible to get to species from this photo? Thanks! djo attached the following image:  [32.91Kb] Edited by djo on 13-07-2011 08:14 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 12-07-2011 23:06
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
A bit pregnant for a male  . S. pallida should be ok. |
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| djo |
Posted on 13-07-2011 07:59
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Thanks! - I agree (s)he / it is very tubby - but they looked like claspers to me... (I once had to sex ~1000 S. pallida, but had the benefit of a microscope, unconcious flies, and an abdominal view!) |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 13-07-2011 13:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
MaleScaptomyza pallida with a 'beer belly'.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-07-2011 22:05
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Wow - I had no idea that a male could be thus fat! (At least a fly male ) |
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