Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophilidae?

Posted by victorengel on 26-04-2021 18:57
#1
2.6mm - Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Attracted to UV light.

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Edited by victorengel on 26-04-2021 18:57

Posted by Roger Thomason on 26-04-2021 19:43
#2
Looks like Chyromyidae; Gymnochiromyia sp. in BugGuide

https://bugguide....iew/102702

Posted by victorengel on 26-04-2021 20:21
#3
Thanks. Interestingly, BG has no entries for Texas for that genus. I guess I'll upload this picture for identification there.

Posted by victorengel on 26-04-2021 20:38
#4
What's up with the spellings? BG has a note on how to distinguish Gymnochiromyia from Chyromya. The first part, "gymno" obviously refers to the naked portion of the scutellum. So then why is the rest spelled differently? A screw-up on the part of the taxonomist?

Posted by John Carr on 26-04-2021 22:06
#5
victorengel wrote:
What's up with the spellings? BG has a note on how to distinguish Gymnochiromyia from Chyromya. The first part, "gymno" obviously refers to the naked portion of the scutellum. So then why is the rest spelled differently? A screw-up on the part of the taxonomist?


In the early 1900s some spelled the name Chiromyia.