Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rhagoletis sp.?
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 03-07-2006 22:31
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 269 Joined: 09.06.04 |
Found this one in my kitchen today. White's 1988 key leads to 'other Rhagoletis species', bec of the yellow scutelum and stripe on the pleura. However, I don't find pictures of similar looking Rhagoletis on the internet.. So, any experts around? John? Louis Boumans attached the following image:  [60.46Kb] Edited by Louis Boumans on 03-07-2006 22:32 |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 03-07-2006 22:33
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 269 Joined: 09.06.04 |
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Louis Boumans attached the following image:  [41.37Kb] |
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| Ben Hamers |
Posted on 04-07-2006 16:41
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Member Location: Heerlen ( Holland ) Posts: 739 Joined: 16.12.04 |
Hi Louis, In our own Gallery is R. alternata, but yours could be R. meigenii. Let's wait for John. Ben Edited by Ben Hamers on 04-07-2006 17:05 |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 17-07-2006 15:42
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Indeed. Rhagoletis meigenii. Sorry to keep you waiting  John |
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 18-07-2006 23:23
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Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 269 Joined: 09.06.04 |
Thanks a lot, John! Does this mean there is an error in White (1988) ? For his key (p.38) places alternata and meigenii in the section "scutum, scutellum and pleura concolorous yellow brown" ; and all other species have "scutum dark brown or black, scutellum yellow, (..), and pleura dark except for a yellow stripe extending from the humerus across the upper part of the anepisternum to the wing base", which seems to apply here. Btw, any news about the key you were preparing? Louis |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 19-07-2006 09:32
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi Louis, Yep! It seems to be very hard to write a good key All species of Rhagoletis have this yellow stripe, though in the red/brown species (e.g. alternata and meigenii) the may be very obscure! You can be sure it will be correct in mine... Best wishes, John |
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