Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oxyna ?

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-09-2009 17:00
#1
Another Tephritidae, from last year.

Date : 2.VIII.2008
Location : Le Havre, FRANCE.
Size : 5 mm

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-09-2009 17:01
#2
2nd picture :

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 06-09-2009 17:08
#3
Oxyna flavipennis, indeed. Haven't seen it for 20 years or more!

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-09-2009 18:43
#4
Really ? I thought it was a widespread species.
Many thanks Valery.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 06-09-2009 19:55
#5
Well, here in Ukraine it used to be really a very abundant species until ca. 1983. Since then, I have not collected a single specimen, in spite of intensive collecting; I'd suppose suppression by parasites, but - NO SPECIMENS at all, and the host plant is still a very common weed everywhere. A great enygma!