Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Scaptomyza flava ? Drosophilidae
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 09-02-2015 16:03
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Collected 8 February 2015, on fencepost by pasture and hedge, Caeau Pen-y-clip NWWT reserve, SH55587295, North Wales. John Bratton. John Bratton attached the following image:  [83.19Kb] |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 09-02-2015 16:04
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Truncate oviscapt suggests Scaptomyza flava but I can't see the tiny seta between posterior reclinate orbital and medial vertical setae which flava should have according to Fauna Ent. Scand.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 09-02-2015 16:05
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Head.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 09-02-2015 16:05
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Another head picture. Does anyone recognise it, please? John John Bratton attached the following image:  [48.61Kb] |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 11-02-2015 12:32
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I should have said - it is in alcohol so probably looks darker than it would if dry. Even so, it looks very black for a species called flava. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-02-2015 16:35
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Check if there is a minute setae present between the posterior reclinate seta on the frons and the vertical seta. If it is there, it should be flava, which does fit the apparent shape of the ovipositor. However, pictures can be deceiving...
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 28-02-2015 12:28
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Thanks. I'll have another look, but as I said in the second caption, I couldn't see that seta. But the truncate ovipositor is genuine, not a trick of the angle. John |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 02-03-2015 15:22
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I re-examined the specimen, this time dry. I couldn't see a seta on the left side but there appear to be two in the right place on the right side of the head, but they are so small as to be at the limit of my microscope's definition - attached.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 02-03-2015 15:23
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I also took another picture of the ovipositor. Is this one convincing, please? John John Bratton attached the following image:  [53.79Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-03-2015 19:53
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
In flava they are supposed to be very small. 
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 03-03-2015 17:04
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
OK, I'll call it flava then. Thanks very much. John |
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