Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nemorilla floralis?
Posted by Auratus on 02-10-2011 20:42
#1
Is
Nemorilla floralis correct or are the pictures not good enough?
Thanks in advance
Edited by Auratus on 02-10-2011 20:43
Posted by Auratus on 02-10-2011 20:44
#2
Details head
Edited by Auratus on 02-10-2011 20:45
Posted by ChrisR on 02-10-2011 21:01
#3
I don't see enough - we need to see the bristles on the humeral callus and a dorsal view of the whole fly would be useful.
Posted by Auratus on 02-10-2011 21:13
#4
This is as much as i can do with my limited equipment
Posted by Auratus on 02-10-2011 21:13
#5
Hope it is enough
Posted by Auratus on 02-10-2011 21:16
#6
Humeral callus
Posted by ChrisR on 02-10-2011 21:55
#7
It's tricky, but it looks fairly good - does it key easily?
Posted by Auratus on 03-10-2011 05:34
#8
It keys suprisingly easily. Just the last couplet, with the bent hairs for the males looks a bit tricky since i don't thick they look "hook-like".
Posted by ChrisR on 03-10-2011 09:04
#9
OK, well they look bent forward enough to me. I haven't seen many
N.maculosa but I have examined what material I have here and indeed the phrase 'hook-like' might be a little misleading. Mine all have the tips bent forward at about 90-degrees (like in fig.5 of the key) but the bend need not be sharply angled. While
maculosa males have smoothly curved post-ocellars where the tip is not markedly bent. I am pretty sure that yours is
N.floralis :)
Edited by ChrisR on 03-10-2011 09:08
Posted by Auratus on 03-10-2011 09:17
#10
Thanks again Chris.