Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Anthomyia sp.] Fine-spotted Anthomyia procellaris ?

Posted by Carlo Monari on 18-08-2023 05:51
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With reference to the key for females in Verner Michelsen's paper: The Anthomyia pluvialis complex in Europe (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Sytematic Entomology (1980) 5, 281-290, it can't be Anthomyia pluvialis: even if somewhat slender, the dorsal black spots are confluent with the spots at the wing base, so it should be either quinquemaculata or procellaris, but more likely procellaris due to the grey area on scutellum.