Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pretty Tephritidae from Centaurea jacea
Posted by Svenja Christian on 03-10-2011 07:47
#1
A colleague from the botanical section in the Museum of Natural History Luxembourg has given me last Friday some small flies that were rather by accident breed out of infructescences of
Centaurea jacea collected the 26.07.11 in Frisange (Luxemburg near France).
I wanted to ask whether there might be further species than
Urophora jaceana, looking all the same, to come into consideration. If necessary I could take photographs of the animals, but probably not until tomorrow.
As always I would be very greatful for any help.
Thank you in advance,
best regards,
Svenja Christian
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-10-2011 10:14
#2
Dear Svenja,
Considering the lack of faunistic data on Luxembourg in the Fauna Europaea database, I should be happy to have the pictures of those flies. Cent. jacea has 4 species of tephritids in the flower heads.
Posted by Svenja Christian on 03-10-2011 14:40
#3
Hello Valery,
thank you very much already for your reply. I'll carry my cm cam at work and take pictures of them tomorrow. As they are conservtazed in Ethanol they won't move, so I hope that the results are going to be all right.
best regards,
Svenja
Posted by Svenja Christian on 03-10-2011 14:41
#4
Dear Valery,
thank you very much already for your reply. I'll carry my cm cam at work and take pictures of them tomorrow. As they are conservtazed in Ethanol they won't move, so I hope that the results are going to be all right.
best regards,
Svenja
Posted by Svenja Christian on 04-10-2011 14:00
#5
Hello again,
as promised I took photographs of the flies this morning. I hope they are helpful enoug to tell more...
many thanks in advance,
Svenja
Edited by Svenja Christian on 04-10-2011 14:01
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 15-10-2011 22:17
#6
Urophora quadrifasciata Mg.
Posted by Svenja Christian on 16-10-2011 10:01
#7
Hello Valery,
thank you very much for your determination.
So I'm glad that the Photograph was helpful an that I can enter the species occurence in our database.
Many greetings back,
Svenja
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 16-10-2011 12:07
#8
Dear Svenja:
What about publication a short note "The first record of Fruit Flies from Luxembourg"? e.g., in our Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka. Then I have a legal way to add it into "Fauna Europaea" database
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 16-10-2011 12:08
Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-10-2011 11:30
#9
A small article on this website could suffice as well? ;)
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 30-10-2011 23:19
#10
we can place it here ASA publish