Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae - Cetema sp. for ID please
Posted by tim worfolk on 09-07-2009 06:44
#1
Anyone know the species?
8/7/2009; Devon, England, wet meadow/fen.
thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 09-07-2009 21:23
Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-07-2009 18:03
#2
Possibly
Cetema?
Posted by tim worfolk on 09-07-2009 21:23
#3
Slightly different angle , if it helps. Thanks for the suggestion Tony,
Cetema looks good, now can anyone tell me which species?
Tim
Posted by KWQ on 11-07-2009 05:10
#4
The genus
Cetema, like many chloropid genera, isn't a piece of cake to determine. Only the species
C. cereis is easy with its white arista, in other cases the determination mainly requires the study of the male genitalia.
And since this is a picture of a female, we'll have to stick with the generic level.
Posted by tim worfolk on 11-07-2009 07:58
#5
That's rather what I feared/suspected but thanks anyway.
Tim