Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Picture-winged fly for ID
Posted by Roger Thomason on 07-08-2010 19:43
#2
Wings are a good match with
Capitites ramulosa in the Gallery.
http://www.dipter...to_id=2301
Valery or Severin will have a better idea than me though...But
Capitites anyway I think
Edited by Roger Thomason on 07-08-2010 20:20
Posted by PeterD on 07-08-2010 20:46
#3
Roger Thomason wrote:
Wings are a good match with
Capitites ramulosa in the Gallery.
http://www.dipter...to_id=2301
Valery or Severin will have a better idea than me though...But
Capitites anyway I think
Thanks for your reply Roger and also the gallery link. Based on wing pattern etc., it looks like a good match;).
Posted by oxycera on 07-08-2010 21:11
#4
Tephritris cometa
Posted by PeterD on 07-08-2010 22:06
#5
oxycera wrote:
Tephritris cometa
Thanks for your reply:)
Now I am very perplexed:S. I have looked up your suggestion above and it too looks like my fly:|
Kind regards
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-08-2010 06:10
#6
Sorry, gentlemen.
Tephritis is not that easy. My humble opinion: either
Tephritis neesii Loew or
T. divisa Rondani. Its wing pattern looks more like
divisa, but to my knowledge it has not been recorded from the B. Isles (it may be wrong...). If original photo shows short black setulae on abdomen at higher resolution, it is
neesii. However, I suspect that the fly is from the continent and has no black hairs on abdomen (it looks light grey), and is therefore
T. divisa.
Posted by PeterD on 08-08-2010 06:31
#7
Nosferatumyia wrote:
Sorry, gentlemen. Tephritis is not that easy. My humble opinion: either Tephritis neesii Loew or T. divisa Rondani. Its wing pattern looks more like divisa, but to my knowledge it has not been recorded from the B. Isles (it may be wrong...). If original photo shows short black setulae on abdomen at higher resolution, it is neesii. However, I suspect that the fly is from the continent and has no black hairs on abdomen (it looks light grey), and is therefore T. divisa.
Thank you. I have another image below if that helps.
http://www.imagei...AHV-XL.jpg
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-08-2010 08:42
#8
I do not see much more than before. Is it from UK?
Posted by PeterD on 08-08-2010 09:33
#9
Nosferatumyia wrote:
I do not see much more than before. Is it from UK?
Thanks for replying again. It was found in Hampshire UK, not far from Portsmouth.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-08-2010 18:53
#10
From the size of oviscape and the absence of white setulae on oviscape, it is
T. divisa Rondani. It was listed by Ian M. White (1988) as an unconfirmed british species under the name T. separata, which was considered a senior synonym of
T. divisa until Merz (1994) separated them as good species.
If you have a possibility to sweep this species on
Picris or collect a paper bag of flower heads to rear some specimens, this record could be published in the
Ent. Gazette, or
Mon. Mag. or elsewhere.
I am interested to see it published for the upgraded version of Tephritidae in Fauna Europaea.
Posted by PeterD on 09-08-2010 10:59
#11
Nosferatumyia wrote:
From the size of oviscape and the absence of white setulae on oviscape, it is T. divisa Rondani. It was listed by Ian M. White (1988) as an unconfirmed british species under the name T. separata, which was considered a senior synonym of T. divisa until Merz (1994) separated them as good species.
If you have a possibility to sweep this species on Picris or collect a paper bag of flower heads to rear some specimens, this record could be published in the Ent. Gazette, or Mon. Mag. or elsewhere.
I am interested to see it published for the upgraded version of Tephritidae in Fauna Europaea.
Thank you again for your information. You have taken a lot of time to help me with this ID and it is greatly appreciated.
I take it from your reply that this is not a common fruit fly in the UK. I shall try and locate these again. I am not experienced in collecting and rearing these but wonder if you have access to information on how this is done. I am only an amatuer photographer with a great interest in all wildlife hence my inexperience in practical conservation.
