Posted by blowave on 24-11-2010 20:51
#1
Hi,
I had this marked as 5mm, I'm not sure about that. Taken on 9th February 2010 inside, near Lincoln UK.
The thorax doesn't look like Scaptomyza I see in the gallery, could it be Drosophila sp.?
3 pics
Janet :)
Edited by blowave on 26-11-2010 14:43
Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-11-2010 11:18
#4
Drosophila, indeed. might be a species of the
virilis/
littoralis group if it is a big one.
Posted by blowave on 26-11-2010 14:42
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Drosophila, indeed. might be a species of the virilis/littoralis group if it is a big one.
Thank you Paul. I do remember mentally noting the size before I took it outside so I feel 5mm is correct, at that time of year there was little else about to confuse my memory!
I have searched for more information on these, apart from a couple of previous posts here where fuscated cross veins was mentioned I found some interesting stuff so will link them here.
http://cc.oulu.fi.../hints.htm
My fly doesn't have fuscated cross veins, would it more likely be in the D. littoralis group? The pdf gives a lot of history on that subject!
http://www.dgrc.k...070131.pdf