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Hello,

this Tephritidae is from july from the northern austrian alps. I think it is genus Tephritis. But then? In the gallery Tephritis leontodontis seems to fit best for me. What is it?

Thanks,
Michael

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T. mariannae Merz, imho. Differences from other species of the leontodontis grup are difficult, and in some cases only 70-80% specimens can be determined with certainty without dissection and/or knowing its host plant.

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Hello Valery,

thank you for your detailed answer. I will label the picture T. mariannae. Do you think it is despite the uncertain identification suitable for the gallery?

I can't say anything about the host plant, but on the photos the leaves of the plant, on which I found the fly, look like some kind of thistle leaves with spikes on the border.

Greetings,
Michael

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Michael, I looked once again on your picture and found out one character, which I considered invisible on it, the color of the posterior notopleural seta. It is dark, so it is Tephritis conura Loew. This time certainly. Sorry for the mistake and rush.

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Hi Valery,

now that you say it - in the T. conura pictures in the gallery there are really some, which look the same, and which I must have overlooked the first time.

Thank you very much for looking again and again to my picture. The Tephritis species sometimes seem rather tricky. Tephritis conura is for me a new species too.

Greetings,
Michael