Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hirtodrosophila confusa (now confirmed)

Posted by djo on 17-08-2020 22:13
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I'm having real trouble keying this out! (Upper of the two flies in the image, I believe the lower one is H. cameraria; other details are from the upper fly, which I think is H confusa)

Is that a pre-apical seta on the mid-tibia (I think not, I think it's apical?), and if it is pre-apical, how many ventral branches are there on the arista? It looks like there are 3 (should be two for confusa), but could I claim the terminal fork is 3-way?

If it is not Hirtodrosophila confusa, what is it?

Both aspirated off a fungus in Edinburgh, Scotland (55°55'13.9"N 3°11'52.7"W)

Edited by djo on 18-08-2020 08:26