Thread subject: Diptera.info :: female Phorbia
Posted by John Sankey on 26-04-2012 23:24
#1
I'm working on applying the Ag.Canada key - so far I think I have:
1 wing well developed
2 wing broad
3 antenna consolidated
29 lunule present
56 thorax not flattened
58 vibrissa present, greater ampulla??
Edited by John Sankey on 15-10-2012 21:33
Posted by John Sankey on 26-04-2012 23:24
#2
image 2
the yellow is Forsythia pollen
Edited by John Sankey on 26-04-2012 23:26
Posted by John Sankey on 26-04-2012 23:25
#3
image 3
Posted by Stephen R on 28-04-2012 12:15
#4
I think you should end up in Anthomyiidae. This looks like a female Phorbia sp. to me
Posted by John Sankey on 28-04-2012 23:25
#5
Many thanks, Stephen - I'll try the key around that point. This is a photo of another specimen that keyed out to Anthomyiidae using another key: might it be the same genus?
Posted by Stephen R on 29-04-2012 13:26
#6
Not the same genus, but it is Anthomyiidae,
Posted by John Sankey on 30-04-2012 12:52
#7
Many thanks, Stephen - I'll keep working on them both.
Posted by John Sankey on 01-05-2012 14:27
#8
On the second one I get:
1 A1 goes to margin
3 C with only fine hairs, no scutellum dorsal hairs
4 range: Fucellia - can't be; revert to 5
5 katepisternal bristles not in triangle; wing not darkened
6 scutellum without dorsal hairs;
7 hind tibia without stout apical bristle
8 Antenna and face long
9 parafacial narrow: Pseudochirosia
essentially no info I can find online other than a mention of P.albipennis
any comments?
Edited by John Sankey on 01-05-2012 14:30