Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Minettia - but which?

Posted by Sundew on 22-05-2009 22:12
#1

Hi,
Some days ago I met this Minettia in my garden. It recalls M. longiseta, but as I do not recognize the hairy arista I feel uncertain about a species name. Can you help me?
Thanks, Sundew

Posted by katerina dvorakova on 26-05-2009 19:10
#2

Minettia lupulina :)
Katka

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-05-2009 19:16
#3

Minettia lupulina should have a black margin of the scutellum, with the black extending onto the disc of the scutellum...

Posted by katerina dvorakova on 27-05-2009 12:32
#4

I am sorry, I forgot to see to the scutellum :@. So it is probably M. longiseta, but the shape of the scutellum in specimen from my comparative collection is different. But I dont know this species very good.
Katka

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-05-2009 12:44
#5

Where does flaviventris fit in with these species with grey mesonotum?

Posted by katerina dvorakova on 27-05-2009 20:07
#6

M. flaviventris is simillar, but it has dorsocentral seta before sutura.
Katka