Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oestroidea? Stackelbergomyia!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-05-2011 10:15
#1
4mm, semi-desert near Aral sea, collected by K.Tomkovich
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-05-2011 20:53

Posted by neprisikiski on 28-05-2011 15:35
#2
Looks like a Stackelbergomyia sp., but I have never seen one :)

Posted by ChrisR on 28-05-2011 15:46
#3
Looks fascinating ... wish we had things like that around here ... well done! :)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-05-2011 20:51
#4
Erikas, thank you! As you guess I have never seen this creature too. It fits the description completely.
My wrong idea about Oestroidea seems pardonable: proboscis is very much reduced. During long time this fly was in a specially made family Stackelbergomyiidae.
Now - Phasiinae (to my surprise).
Chris, come Russia.

Posted by ChrisR on 28-05-2011 21:01
#5
Wow ... a very odd phasiine indeed - I would not have guessed either.

Posted by neprisikiski on 28-05-2011 21:42
#6
Those narrow calyptrae reminds only representatives of Rhinophoridae, some of Phasiinae, Macquartia, but wing venation is very characteristic for this genus. Would be nice to the gallery!
Edited by neprisikiski on 28-05-2011 21:46

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-05-2011 22:32
#7
Neither the image, nor the specimen are good, but of course the fly itselef is worth the Gallery. Done.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-05-2011 20:15
#8
Theo, could you comment the reasons of placing this creature in Phasiinae?

Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 31-05-2011 14:54
#9
Herting (1981) placed Stackelbergomyia in Tachinidae.

He wrote:
"Die Fliege findet wahrscheinlich in der Subfamilie Phasiinae, Tribus Catharosiini ihren richtigen Platz, denn sie besitzt die folgenden Merkmale: ... Calyptera klein ... Genitalien des männchens erinneren ebenfalls an die Catharosiini ... fast rudimentäre Rüssel ... und das teilweise membranöse Postscutellum finden sich auch bei Catharosia flavicornis ...".


Liekele

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-05-2011 16:30
#10
Thank you Liekele for this information.
(The fly will probably be Phasiinae subfamily, tribe Catharosiini their proper place, because it has the following features: ... Calyptera small ... Of the male genitalia are also reminiscent of the Catharosiini ... almost rudimentary proboscis ... and partly membranous Postscutellum are also found in Catharosia flavicornis)