Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae 1 --> Tephritis pulchra
Posted by Jordi Clavell on 03-09-2011 11:25
#1
Could someone help me identifying these Tephritid?
The photo (author: Divina Aparicio) was made in Madrid, Spain, on 17.3.2011.
Thanks
Edited by Jordi Clavell on 15-12-2012 07:04
Posted by Severyn on 03-09-2011 16:34
#2
Tephritis cf.
carmen or
pulchra
Edited by Severyn on 03-09-2011 16:34
Posted by Jordi Clavell on 03-09-2011 18:14
#3
Thank you very much, Severin, for all your ID.
Posted by Jordi Clavell on 14-12-2012 22:58
#4
It's possible to confirm that fly as T. pulchra? I see that over the vein RM, in cell r2 +3, there are two hyaline circles and not one as in T. carmen ... It's possible to distinguish between this two species?
Edited by Jordi Clavell on 14-12-2012 22:58
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-12-2012 23:26
#5
Sure.
T.pulchra (see the wing of the lectotype female) has two round hyaline spots in r2+3 in front of r-m; cell dm base with hyaline spot
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 15-12-2012 00:14
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-12-2012 23:39
#6
These 2 spots are much smaller in
T.pulchra males (see the paralectotype male wing), and the basal spot is usually wanted
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 15-12-2012 00:11
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-12-2012 23:54
#7
whereas in the female of T. carmen (see the holotype female wing) the basal one is entirely absent (and the two marginal spots are narrower, separated by a narrow dark streak)
cell dm base dark
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 15-12-2012 00:15
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 14-12-2012 23:56
#8
and the only spot is even smaller in the male paratype of
T. carmen
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 14-12-2012 23:59
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 15-12-2012 00:05
#9
or in
T. scorzonerae paratype female (thanks to Severyn for providing me pictures from his DB)
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 15-12-2012 00:06