Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae: Chaetorellia? (13.05.11) --> C. cf. cylindrica (90:10)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-05-2011 00:31
#1
Hello!
This female measured about 4 mm. At a meadow on
Centaurea jacea (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 20-05-2011 20:53
Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2011 20:42
#2
Hello!
Second try...
Posted by Jeroen K on 18-05-2011 21:11
#3
I'm not an expert, but the 'Scooby Doo' face reminds me about this:
http://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=31644
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-05-2011 00:55
#4
Jeroen K wrote:
I'm not an expert, but the 'Scooby Doo' face reminds me about this:
http://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=31644
Thank you, Jeroen, that encourages my opinion that it must be
Chaetorellia. But I still am not sure, whether
C. cylindrica or
jaceae.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 19-05-2011 06:44
#5
Jurgen: yesterday I sent a reply with the same conclusion as yours (but it failed to be sent and I have omitted that fact) that it cannot be told
cylindrica from
jaceae from the picture alone. From the plant, it can be either. Wings are distorted, mesonotum poorly visible.
However, wing crossbands look to be more straight, as they are in
Chaetostomella cylindrica, and the oviscape is somewhat shorter than must be in
C. jaceae. Ergo: 90:10 for
cylindrica.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-05-2011 20:52
#6
Nosferatumyia wrote:
However, wing crossbands look to be more straight, as they are in Chaetostomella cylindrica, and the oviscape is somewhat shorter than must be in C. jaceae. Ergo: 90:10 for cylindrica.
Thank you very much, Valery!