Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniid to ID
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 14:58
#1
I've collected this lauxaniid in Gerês in the North of Portugal. Is it possible to identify it?
date: 24/07/2010
Posted by Mark-uk on 08-09-2010 19:03
#2
if it were a UK species I would be inclined to say that it has a
Meiosimyza rorida "look" to it, but would need to see more detail to be sure.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 20:36
#3
Thanks Mark. What details do you need?
Posted by rvanderweele on 08-09-2010 21:16
#4
Am I right that I notice only 1 bristle on the sternopleuron?
What about the ac's? Are there 4 rows? What about the size of these bristles?
And to be positive about rorida, we should know whether there is a line of tiny bristles on the innerside of the first pair of femurs
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 22:11
#5
It really seems to be only one bristle on the sternopleuron (the one from the left side looks broken).
I think I only see 3 big ac's behind the transverse suture, are these the ones you are talking about?
And it does seem like there are indeed the tiny bristles you are talking about.
See the following photos:
Right lateral view
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 22:12
#6
Left lateral view
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 22:14
#7
Acrostichals
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-09-2010 22:15
#8
First pair of femora
Posted by rvanderweele on 09-09-2010 06:39
#9
It looks like a M. platycephala then.
I do not see the typical tiny bristles of rorida. And rorida has 2 bristles on the sternopleuron
Posted by Rui Andrade on 10-09-2010 00:38
#10
Thank you Ruud, you were very helpful:)