Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Male Anthomyiidae > Delia platura/florilega
Posted by lagura on 10-07-2009 10:49
#1
I see lots of male Anthomyiidae on the railing. This is one of them. Can he be given a name?
Size: ~5mm
Date: 13 June 2009
Location: On wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden)
Thanks!
Edited by lagura on 10-07-2009 19:49
Posted by lagura on 10-07-2009 10:49
#2
Other side
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-07-2009 12:01
#3
Lars, jizz, my test, for Delia platura/florilega.
To be sure, you have to find image with visible chaetotaxy of t3 - platura/florilega both has a full row of pv of same lenth all tibia along (about 20 setae).
Posted by lagura on 10-07-2009 19:49
#4
Thanks Nikita. I will keep that in mind. Forgive me for asking, but if "platura/florilega both has a full row of pv of same lenth all tibia along (about 20 setae)" how do you tell them apart?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-07-2009 20:20
#5
D.florilega has a nice long dorsal hairs on mid basytarsus.
Also
florilega is generally smaller. Also
florilega seems to my a summer fly,
platura is whole year fly, but especially common in spring.
Posted by lagura on 10-07-2009 22:28
#6
Many thanks Nikita. That is very helpful.