Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Urophora sp. (Tephritidae)
Posted by Karol Ox on 26-11-2015 12:10
#1
Hello.
Urophora affinis (Tephritidae) is correct? Found 19.6.2015, Slovakia, Kosice, 300m.
Thank you. Regards, Karol.
Edited by Karol Ox on 27-11-2015 15:25
Posted by Karol Ox on 26-11-2015 12:11
#2
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Posted by Nosferatumyia on 26-11-2015 18:57
#3
I'd say, a very pale
Urophora solstitialis.
Posted by Karol Ox on 27-11-2015 15:24
#4
Nosferatumyia wrote:
I'd say, a very pale Urophora solstitialis.
It could be even a
U. affinis or
U. stylata? Thank you.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 27-11-2015 16:55
#5
U. stylata always has the 2 apical crossbands fused,
U. affinis has the stigmal crossband more or less complete and the preapical crossband lesser washed at anterior margin and the apical crossband wider separated from it; in addition, this fly has longer oviscape (in affinis it is not visible beu\yond the wings.
And the final reason: it observes a flower bud of
Carduus or
Cirsium, but not
Centaurea (
Acrolophus), the host of affinis.
Posted by Karol Ox on 27-11-2015 18:44
#6
Nosferatumyia wrote:
U. stylata always has the 2 apical crossbands fused,
U. affinis has the stigmal crossband more or less complete and the preapical crossband lesser washed at anterior margin and the apical crossband wider separated from it; in addition, this fly has longer oviscape (in affinis it is not visible beu\yond the wings.
And the final reason: it observes a flower bud of Carduus or Cirsium, but not Centaurea (Acrolophus), the host of affinis.
Valery. Thank you very much for explanation.
Posted by Ben Hamers on 27-11-2015 20:31
#7
In Merz (1994) it says indeed, that in U. stylata the two apical crossbands always are fused, but Smit (2010) mentions, that they are mostly fused, and I think he's right.
Every now and then I see U. stylata with very reduced wingmarkings and the apical crossbands not fused, so I think it's not very unusual.
Ben
Edited by Ben Hamers on 27-11-2015 20:32
Posted by Karol Ox on 27-11-2015 20:48
#8
Ben Hamers wrote:
In Merz (1994) it says indeed, that in U. stylata the two apical crossbands always are fused, but Smit (2010) mentions, that they are mostly fused, and I think he's right.
Every now and then I see U. stylata with very reduced wingmarkings and the apical crossbands not fused, so I think it's not very unusual.
Ben
I was looking at your site. There I see similar
U.stylata to that on my photo. But I see that it's not easy to identify.