Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniidae, Tricholauxania praeusta
Posted by JariF on 15-07-2008 19:07
#1
Hi, this Lauxaniidae has darkened wing tips and crosswein dm-cu.
Jari
Edited by JariF on 15-07-2008 20:03
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 19:08
#2
a female one. :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-07-2008 19:16
#3
Meiosimyza decipiens, I think.
Posted by katerina dvorakova on 15-07-2008 19:30
#4
Hi, a male of Tricholauxania praeusta, a one of the commonest species in the middle Europe, Paul - M. decipiens has not darkened wings.
Katka
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-07-2008 19:32
#5
male? :o I thought I was seeing an ovopositor..
Posted by JariF on 15-07-2008 19:46
#6
Oh stupid me :@ Why didn't I notice the line of spins under wein R2+3. A very good distinctive mark for this species if I remember wright. Thank You so much.
Jari
Posted by katerina dvorakova on 15-07-2008 20:07
#7
Jorge, some Lauxanids have misleading genitalia (for example Meiosimyza rorida or M. platycephala. I think, it is male, because genitalia is directed at down.
Katka
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-07-2008 22:12
#8
Oops...