Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pherbellia griseola, Sciomyzidae

Posted by JariF on 25-11-2009 12:56
#1

Hi,

this small fly was in my indet Heleomyzidae unit. Is this Heleomyzidae at all ? September 29.2008 Helsinki, Finland.

Jari

Edited by JariF on 04-01-2010 18:52

Posted by Andrzej on 25-11-2009 13:03
#2

Not Heleomyzidae :-(

Posted by JariF on 25-11-2009 13:16
#3

Oh yes, this must be Pherbellia. Thank's again.

Jari

Posted by JariF on 25-11-2009 13:33
#4

Could it be Pherbellia griseola ?

Jari

Posted by conopid on 25-11-2009 14:02
#5

Possibly, although the wings look a little light. You'll need to relax it and pull out the genitalia to be sure, although I think yours is a female? :(

Posted by JariF on 25-11-2009 19:21
#6

I ended to griseola by following the Rozkosnys key:

- Mesopleuron at most with several hairs along posterior margin
- Mid frontal stripe short
- Mesopleuron with hairs along posterior margin
- Whitish band along costal margin of wing absent
- Arista plumose but the hairs short
- Fore tibia and femur darkened
- Cross-veins mostly infuscated

There are more details in the key but these are the main ones. I have not seen this species before, so I might be wrong too. These Pherbellias are sometimens very tricky for me :|

Thank's

Jari

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-01-2010 11:14
#7

You are right in calling it griseola. ;)

Posted by JariF on 04-01-2010 18:52
#8

Thank's Paul :)

Jari