Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lispocephala alma or falculata ?
Posted by pjoris on 23-11-2011 00:14
#1
Any ideas on this Lispocephala ? I know falculata is unlikely in Belgium, but to me it seems the best fit (from Leuven, Belgium, 14-03-2002). Joris
Front tarsus:
Genitalia
Posted by pjoris on 26-11-2011 12:14
#2
Nobody any idea ? L falculata would be new species for Belgium, so I wouldn't mind getting a second opinion ... Joris
Another picture from another ex. from the same locality:
Edited by pjoris on 26-11-2011 12:15
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 26-11-2011 19:02
#3
I work with Muscidae, but I never plunged deep into this genus (yet). So, I can only agree that it seems rather
falculata or
ungulata than
alma (was erythrocera (error)) according avaiable keys...
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 26-11-2011 20:36
Posted by javanerkelens on 26-11-2011 20:16
#4
Cercal plate seems to small for L. alma.
I think L. spuria can be a good possibility...
(also crossveins infuscated + last tars of t1 also dark)
Edited by javanerkelens on 26-11-2011 20:18
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 26-11-2011 20:43
#5
Crossveins are not infuscated for
L. spuria...
Posted by javanerkelens on 26-11-2011 20:58
#6
Oké, not infuscated, but marked dark..;)
,.. a bit doubtful on the photo, but it also seems to me that antennae are not black. (whole black in L. alma)
Maybe a photo can be added from the front of the head...
Edited by javanerkelens on 26-11-2011 21:02
Posted by pjoris on 26-11-2011 21:23
#7
I did indeed not consider spuria due to infuscated cross-veins. Here a head-on picture. I think the flagellomere is completely black (unless it is very narrowly yellow).
Posted by pjoris on 26-11-2011 21:26
#8
I hadn't sufficiently considered ungulata either, but I think - if I am looking at the right part of the genitalia, I can exclude that one based on simple tip of the parameres:
I guess that leaves only falculata ...
Edited by pjoris on 26-11-2011 23:35
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 26-11-2011 21:50
#9
Good picture of parameres. I agree with
Lispocephala falculata.