Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scaptomyza > pallida ?

Posted by djo on 12-07-2011 22:01
#1
Photograph taken in July 2011, South East England, in-land rural/horticultural/agricultural environment.

I'm pretty sure this is Scaptomyza (This is one of only 3 genera of fly I can recognise!), and male. I would guess Scaptomyza pallida, but then I can't actually recognise any other scaptomyza... Is it possible to get to species from this photo?

Thanks!
Edited by djo on 13-07-2011 08:14

Posted by Sundew on 12-07-2011 23:06
#2
A bit pregnant for a male :D. S. pallida should be ok.

Posted by djo on 13-07-2011 07:59
#3
Thanks! - I agree (s)he / it is very tubby - but they looked like claspers to me... (I once had to sex ~1000 S. pallida, but had the benefit of a microscope, unconcious flies, and an abdominal view!)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-07-2011 13:53
#4
MaleScaptomyza pallida with a 'beer belly'.

Posted by Sundew on 13-07-2011 22:05
#5
Wow - I had no idea that a male could be thus fat! (At least a fly male :D :D)