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 [Tephritis divisa] Tephritis bardanae ?
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| Didier |
Posted on 23-09-2006 21:44
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 Member Location: France - close to Rennes (35) Posts: 19 Joined: 05.07.04 |
Hello, Could you confirm that picture shows a Tephritis bardanae. If I refer to the Diptera Gallery. it seems to have the same pattern on the wings and the same color for the eyes and the thorax. It was feeding on a pear in my garden (Rennes / France) !!!   Kind regards. Didier. Edited by Didier on 16-10-2006 20:54 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-09-2006 22:08
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9475 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Actinoptera?
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Didier |
Posted on 24-09-2006 01:50
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Member Location: France - close to Rennes (35) Posts: 19 Joined: 05.07.04 |
Thank you Nikita to make me look more closely to the photography of Thephritis bardanae in the Diptera Gallery and to see that the wings pattern, if it is not so far, doesn't match the pattern of my fly's wings. I have now to wait for the ID. Regards. Didier. |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 24-09-2006 13:57
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2160 Joined: 24.07.04 |
It doesn't look like Actinoptera to me. I think it is a Tephritis species, but which one?????? Not bardanae! Jan Willem |
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| Didier |
Posted on 02-10-2006 20:21
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Member Location: France - close to Rennes (35) Posts: 19 Joined: 05.07.04 |
No more idea ? Mr Smit perhaps ? Thanks in advance. Didier. |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 07-10-2006 11:51
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi, Oke it took me a while, sorry! It is indeed a Tephritis and to my opinion it is T. divisa. This species belongs to the separata-speciesgroup, including T. divisa, T. mutabilis and T. separata, all of which are very difficult to separate. It aint T. mutabilis, for that one always has a clear spot in cell r2+3, before crossvein r-m. To my opinion it also aint T. separata, for this normally has a clear spot in cell r1, and the spot just beyond crossvein r-m in cell r2+3 is normally bigger and not so perfectly conituous with the clear spot above in cell r1. Besides the wingcoloration of T. divisa has a 'smoother' or 'neater' impression than that of T. separata, that is more disturbed, with more small clear spots. Best wishes, John |
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| Didier |
Posted on 09-10-2006 20:59
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Member Location: France - close to Rennes (35) Posts: 19 Joined: 05.07.04 |
Dear John, thank you very much for the identification. It seems that Tephritidae even if they have patterns on the wings, are not really easy to identify. I suppose there is no global document key on that family when I see the number (68) of genus on Fauna Europea I can understand that this is not an easy group. Could you tell more on the biology of Tephritis divisa Rondani 1871 ? Kind regards. Didier. |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 10-10-2006 10:33
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Dear Didier, It's not like it's impossible to identify them! T. divisa breeds, according to Merz (1994) in Picris echioides. It has been found in England as well, in spite of the distributional information in Merz (1994) who mentiones the Mediterranean. This is however still unpublished, I recall it has been swept from Picris as well, though I don't known which species. I'll have to look it up. Best wishes, John |
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