Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sarcophagidae - Apodacra sp.
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 19-09-2019 15:26
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Hello, On September 17, 2019 in the south of France - 5,5 mm. This fly was watching a Prionyx kirbii trying to excavate its nest. The dipteran followed it quite closely in all its movements. Could it still be Taxigramma? A Prionyx kleptoparasite fly? The wing venation and perhaps the colors shows that it is however another species than that of my subject https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=91784 Liliane D attached the following image:  [177.38Kb] Edited by Liliane D on 07-05-2020 23:55 |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 21-09-2019 12:43
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Looking closer, I don't think it's a Taxigramma but rather an Apodacra. It is also a wasp nest kleptoparasite. I read that there are 5 species of Apodacra in France. Is it possible to determine the species here? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 22-09-2019 15:02
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19319 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, it is Apodacra. I have too little material to help with the species level. Theo |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 22-09-2019 15:28
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Thank you very much Theo, I don't know if there is a key for identifying these small kleptoparasites. The 5 species present in France must be described somewhere but for the moment, I have not found anything. |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 22-09-2019 16:10
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
It is quite surprising to see that there are several valid species but that the photos only show Apodacra dispar or Apodacra sp. ! In France, on the INPN website, of the 5 valid species, only one, Apodacra dispar, is validated by observations. The others seem to be just names! For my internet searches only because I imagine there are other documents. |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 19-10-2019 19:00
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Can it be Apocrada dispar? |
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 07-05-2020 15:12
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
It's difficult to go beyond Apodacra. European Apodacra are in need of revision.
Daniel |
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