Thread subject: Diptera.info :: spines on scutellum

Posted by mwkozlowski on 21-08-2008 22:32
#1

what species, please, males or females? If males, this spines can protect form mounting by a competitor, if females... no idea

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2008 22:39
#2

stratiomyids. :P

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2008 22:59
#3

the second is an Oxycera.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2008 23:09
#4

the first - Beridinae. Beris sp.?

Posted by mwkozlowski on 22-08-2008 11:25
#5

thanks Jorge, but do we know if the spines are sex related?

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 22-08-2008 18:24
#6

Nie.

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 23-08-2008 23:16
#7

Oxycera leonina(Panzer 1798)