Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Agromyzidae > Metopomyza flavonotata [MC]
Posted by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 18:28
#1
c1.8mm, Lancashire England 2 June 2010 on grass near to river.
A bit beyond my photographic abilities, but is there enough information to get anywhere with this?
Edited by Stephen R on 04-06-2010 09:39
Posted by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 18:32
#2
I caught them both, but one (the girl) escaped later. I have not succeeded with the camera but could do better with the microscope if I knew what to look for. In life the yellow central part of the scutellum appeared bright ivory-white like the halteres.
There are 4dcs (all postsutural), the anterior two weaker; and two pairs of bristles on the scutellum.
Edited by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 18:41
Posted by mcerny on 03-06-2010 20:41
#3
Metopomyza sp. (Agromyzidae), there are not view vein of wings.
Milos
Posted by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 21:25
#4
Thank you Milos. Does this help? Anything else I could check on the specimen? I'll try to take a better photo of the wing.
Stephen.
Edited by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 21:26
Posted by Stephen R on 03-06-2010 21:59
#5
I think this is probably the best I can do.
Posted by mcerny on 04-06-2010 06:59
#6
Male
Metopomyza flavonotata (Haliday, 1833), right class with to the gallery.
Milos
Posted by Stephen R on 04-06-2010 09:29
#7
Many thanks Milos :) I'm delighted to know the species of this little fly.
Stephen.