Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rhinophoridae: Stevenia sp.
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| ESant |
Posted on 04-08-2022 14:30
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2216 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly near Casteddu Etzu (OR), Sardinia, Italy, on June 8th 2022. I think it is a Rhinophoridae, but is it possible to identify its genus or species from these photos? Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [298.99Kb] Edited by ESant on 09-08-2022 20:16 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 04-08-2022 14:30
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2216 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Photo 2:
ESant attached the following image:  [280.07Kb] |
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| eklans |
Posted on 04-08-2022 17:36
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4348 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi Emanuele, I think it's a male Stevenia deceptoria.
Greetings, Eric |
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| ESant |
Posted on 04-08-2022 21:29
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2216 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you very much Eric! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-08-2022 17:58
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19224 Joined: 21.07.04 |
You need to check Cerretti’paper, there are new species for Sardinia This one looks different from “our” deceptoria. Theo |
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| ESant |
Posted on 06-08-2022 20:33
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2216 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you for the input. In Cerretti's "The world woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae)" Stevenia sardoa, which was previously considered a synonym of S. deceptoria, was treated again as a distinct valid species upon further examination of the syntypes. In the same paper it's also stated that "S. sardoa differs from S. deceptoria in having the fore and hind femora at least partly red.". In this specimen the femora seem to be entirely black, so I think that S. deceptoria is still more likely. Are there any other possible species? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-08-2022 08:23
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19224 Joined: 21.07.04 |
http://diptera.org/Nomenclator?op_name=&Name=stevenia&op_author=&Author=cerretti&op_year=&Year=&op_family=&Family=&op_validname=&ValidName=&kind=&Sortfield=unsorted&sortorder=ascending&max=10&find=Start+Search |
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