Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritis hyoscyami or hyosyami?

Posted by Ruth Ahlburg on 13-05-2010 10:18
#1
Copenhagen, Denmark may 9, 2010.
In Diptera Gallery I´ve found T. hyosyami and T. hyoscyami.
For me it could be both of them.
Thanks in advance

Posted by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:11
#2
Tephritis hyoscyami, LINNÉ, 1758 is the correct name, "hyosyami" is a spelling error.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 13-05-2010 12:11
#3
This is hyoscyami - the other name you mention is a misspelling.

Posted by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:13
#4
Let's share the medal for the first place, Valery :D!
PS: The fly was surely named after the plant genus Hyoscyamus (engl. Henbane; Solanaceae - nightshade family). Very poisonous!
Edited by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:19

Posted by Ruth Ahlburg on 13-05-2010 15:19
#5
A medal for both of you!
I hoped for the answer I got.
Thank you very much

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 13-05-2010 15:23
#6
Indeed, Linnaeus certainly called it after Hyoscyamus. However, it has nothing to do with it: maggots live in the flower heads of midsized thistles like Carduus crispus, C. acanthoides (not C. nutans!). I can believe that someone's who collected them, considered thistle dry seed heads as the Hyoscyamus fruits, which are also quite prickly.