Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae => Botanophila fugax
Posted by Ragne on 06-09-2013 17:59
#1
Hallo Forum
I wonder if anyone can help me toget a name of this ?
Location: West Sweden
Date: 2013-august-24
Habitat: Garden in woodland
Best regards
Ragne
Edited by Ragne on 14-09-2013 19:00
Posted by javanerkelens on 07-09-2013 21:30
#2
Hmmm.....the color of this fly is faded, no clear view on the chaetotaxy of the legs, thorax and head........so very little to work with for a possible ID (with these photos there are to much possibilities, that we only can guess...)
Try to prepare the genitals, maybe we can say more then...
Johanna
Edited by javanerkelens on 07-09-2013 21:30
Posted by Ragne on 08-09-2013 15:52
#3
Not so sharp, but
Edited by Ragne on 08-09-2013 18:48
Posted by Michael Ackland on 08-09-2013 16:38
#4
Botanophila fugax Mg or hucketti Ring.
Posted by javanerkelens on 08-09-2013 21:02
#5
Well done!
From what I can see, I vote for
B. hucketti. (shape of surstyli with in the middle the pointed parts to the outside of the two lobes and the rounded shape of the phallus at the end)
Do you have by change a photo of the 5th sternite ?
Could make the differents….!
Johanna
Edited by javanerkelens on 08-09-2013 21:02
Posted by Michael Ackland on 08-09-2013 21:36
#6
Johanna is absolutely right, I was going to ask this myself. The cercal plate is very similar in both species, but the 5th sternite is better to separate them. Also the profile of the surstylus.
Posted by Ragne on 09-09-2013 10:49
#7
This is what was left after gen prep
Posted by Michael Ackland on 09-09-2013 16:03
#8
It is B. fugax. Note the shining inner margins of the lateral lobes, quite characteristic of fugax.
I would not have guessed it was fugax from the general photos of the fly. It does not look like that, and has a rather shining abdomen! This shows how deceptive the lighting can be in a photo.
Posted by Ragne on 10-09-2013 07:51
#9
Thanks a lot!
Michael and javanerkelens
// Ragne