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 Tephritidae fly - Euleia heraclei
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:19
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi * locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL * date - 2007.03.08 * size - 6 mm (medium fly) * habitat - near home * substrate - orange fruit,>> in photo above rose leaf. Tephritidae Tephritis sp. ? or Euleia sp. ?? EDIT ---> Title changed from "Tephritis sp. or Euleia sp.? or.." to "Tephritidae fly - Euleia heraclei" jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [112.59Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-05-2007 00:07 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:20
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
wing venation
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
other view about 3,5:1 magnification we can see bare arista very clearly. and just two bristles in frontalia. jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [112.69Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:23 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:22
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
artistic view. Tephritidae fly hidden in a rose leaf.
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| Andrew Whittington |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:25
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 Member Location: Snowdonia Posts: 111 Joined: 30.01.07 |
Tephritidae Euleia, but I'm not sure which species -----o0o----- Andrew E. Whittington https://flyevidence.co.uk/ |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:38
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
can this help to get species level? it is a female. jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [190.18Kb] |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 09-03-2007 18:58
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi Martha, It should be E. heraclei, the only species possible in Portugal. Another European Euleia is marmorata, but has an entirely different wingpattern, and the third West Palearctic Euleia is E. separata, only known from the Carany Isles. John |
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| Andrew Whittington |
Posted on 09-03-2007 19:06
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Member Location: Snowdonia Posts: 111 Joined: 30.01.07 |
Lovely photos ... I don't know this genus well enough to push it species with confidence. It might be Euleia, heracleii, which is known from Portugal, but you'd better try get it confirmed.
-----o0o----- Andrew E. Whittington https://flyevidence.co.uk/ |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 19:37
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
John Smit wrote: Hi Martha, It should be E. heraclei, the only species possible in Portugal. Another European Euleia is marmorata, but has an entirely different wingpattern, and the third West Palearctic Euleia is E. separata, only known from the Carany Isles. John Martha?  ok. don?t worry. it happens. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 20:02
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
so... it will go to gallery as Euleia heraclei I saw that this species has dimorphism considering the seasons... Thanks! Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 22:34 |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 10-03-2007 09:58
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Desculpe Jorge! The species is not really dimorphic during the seasons, there is just one form, onotrophes i beleive the name is, that occurs only in summer and which has an entirely yellow-brown body, but not all(!) specimens in summer are of that form, you can also see the dark form. John |
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