Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ?Phaonia=Phaonia mystica
Posted by philporter on 04-11-2010 11:41
#1
Can anyone identify this for me please? Further pictures below
Edited by philporter on 16-11-2010 16:51
Posted by philporter on 14-11-2010 14:50
#2
3 dc, tibia3 with 1 pd; 2ad; eyes bare.
Re. Phaonia/Dendrophaonia couplet in Fonseca,
(frontal bristles ending well short of occellar triangle, uppermost weak & not reclinate / bristles almost reaching o.t., uppermost strong and reclinate,
the uppermost here strike me as weak and reclinate?
Edited by philporter on 14-11-2010 14:53
Posted by philporter on 14-11-2010 14:51
#3
dorsal surface
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-11-2010 15:50
#4
Interesting : the very long setose sternite 5 suggests
Phaonia mystica (=
vittifera) (with these other elements: there are 3 post dc, no presut. acr present, legs are mainly yellow, arista is long plumose, and pra seems long.). Notopleuron should be bare (except the 2 strong bristles), and hind femur without pv...
Posted by philporter on 14-11-2010 17:08
#5
Please Stephane, what is pra?
The diagnosis works very well providing the mouth-edge is less prominent than the frons. I think I can see how it could be so, but my initial impression was the opposite. Between the vibrissi, it seems more difficult to relate to the frons, but I haven't seen a good range of species yet.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 14-11-2010 17:18
#6
Sorry, pra is the abbreviation for
pre-alar seta. I confirm the mouthedge is not protruding beyond the frons. Would it be possible to have a close-up of the sternite 5 ?
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 14-11-2010 17:18
Posted by philporter on 14-11-2010 17:39
#7
Here it is Stephane....
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 15-11-2010 20:51
#8
Thanks Phil, it seems convincing !