Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French Guianan tephritid
Posted by ChrisR on 23-06-2011 18:25
#1
Here is a nice photo of a tephritid, from Stephane Brule - can anyone suggest a genus perhaps? :)
Posted by ChrisR on 25-06-2011 21:16
#2
No ideas on this one? :)
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-07-2011 00:32
#3
Anastrepha sp.
Only genus ID is possible from pictures of this genus.
Posted by ChrisR on 03-07-2011 09:38
#4
Thanks again - it looks a very striking genus - are they identifiable with specimens or is it the usual neotropical problem of no good literature, poor taxonomy and too many undescribed species? :)
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-07-2011 10:25
#5
Not at all:
Al Norrbom (USDA SEL c/o Smithsonian) has already published very comprehensive revisions most if not all species group of this large genus. As commonly in Tephritidae, species are poorly or non- identifiable from males or undissected females: apart from wing and body pattern, fine structures of the ovipositor are species-specific. However, I am not that deep in it to guess the species group from the pic.
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 03-07-2011 10:25
Posted by ChrisR on 03-07-2011 15:02
#6
That's nice to hear ... I am used to the tachinids and that's a different story, all together ;)