Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scaptomyza cf. graminum?->Scaptomyza cf. pallida

Posted by guplox on 26-12-2023 10:54
#1

Photographed very recently in a vegetable plot in Zhejiang China. Around 3mm in body length. Could it be something like Scaptomyza graminum (a cosmopolitan species)? Thanks!

Edited by guplox on 26-12-2023 14:40

Posted by guplox on 26-12-2023 10:56
#2

another shot

Posted by guplox on 26-12-2023 10:57
#3

yet another shot

Posted by guplox on 26-12-2023 11:08
#4

lateral

Posted by Jan Maca on 26-12-2023 14:17
#5

This fly has clearly only two rows of acrostichal setae and its female genitalia conform to S. pallida. To be cautious, I prefer to tell "Scaptomyza cf. pallida".

Posted by guplox on 26-12-2023 14:39
#6

Great! Yes, 2 rows of acrostichals. Many thanks!|t

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-12-2023 11:02
#7

No reason to keep the 'cf.' ;)

Posted by Jan Maca on 30-12-2023 12:18
#8

I cannot exclude S. (P.) elmoi which occurs e.g. in Anhui, the province neighbouring to Zhejian.