Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae ?
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-05-2011 04:30
#1
Could it be a of
Tephritis leontodontis?
I take the photo on 7 May 2011 Kokkola, Finland.
Pentti
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-05-2011 04:31
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Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-05-2011 04:32
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Posted by Nosferatumyia on 08-05-2011 18:31
#4
Very probably
T. matricariae Lw. However, for perfect ID a reared series incl females needed.
Posted by KWQ on 08-05-2011 18:45
#5
Wouldn't that be quite a remarkable record faunistically - at least according to Merz (1994),
matricariae is mainly a Central European if not a Mediterranean species?
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 09-05-2011 07:13
#6
Before Merz, that group of species was hardly recognizeable, so no reliable records over Europe. Anyway, firstly the group is rather boreal and montaneous than really Mediteranean. Secondly, I do not take a liberty to ID the species ultimately without a material. Thirdly, Finland must be still having tephritid surprises.