Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly on Berberis flower - please ID
Posted by cmherrera on 17-06-2011 20:25
#1
Picture taken on 17 June 2011. Foraging on the flowers of Berberis hispanica at Sierra de Cazorla, a mountain range in southeastern Spain, at 1650 m elevation. Any hint will be appreciated !
Posted by cmherrera on 18-06-2011 06:45
#2
Another view
Posted by Sara21392 on 18-06-2011 07:30
#3
I guess Tephritidae!!?
Posted by cmherrera on 18-06-2011 19:12
#4
Hi Sara, thanks for the suggestion.
Perhaps you are right. I saw again the fly this morning, this time as she was laying eggs on a Berberis flower. She laid several white, elongated eggs (visible in the picture) that stood loose within the corolla, rather than piercing the ovary and placing the eggs inside, as I would have expected from a Tephritidae...
Best wishes,
Carlos
Posted by John Carr on 18-06-2011 19:47
#5
I think this is Tephritoidea but not Tephritidae because the Sc vein approaches C at a shallow angle.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-06-2011 19:58
#6
Ulidiidae
Posted by cmherrera on 18-06-2011 20:41
#7
Thank you, John and Paul !
I'm studying the pollinators of Berberis hispanica, and this fly is among the most frequent ones at my study site these days. After looking under Ulidiidae, I found that they most likely are some species of Otites.
Edited by cmherrera on 18-06-2011 20:42
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 20-06-2011 10:47
#8
Otites maculipennis Latreille, 1811
Please submit pictures to the gallery
Posted by cmherrera on 21-06-2011 19:35
#9
Thanks, Valery !
I'll submit the pictures to the gallery.