Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rhodesiella Chloropidae
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 13-03-2015 20:09
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 Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
A friend in the Eastern Cape of South Africa asked about this fly (some 2-4 mm). I live in the W Cape and also see them very occasionally, and I could swear that I Id'd them myself some months ago, but can trace neither documentation nor memory. I have an idea that it is an invasive fruit pest, but that impression is NOT to be trusted because I can find neither support nor denial for it. Any ideas please? jonrichfield attached the following image:  [114.95Kb] Edited by jonrichfield on 14-03-2015 07:35 |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 13-03-2015 20:10
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
Second aspect with bald patch.
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 13-03-2015 20:11
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
And finally with scutellar queue
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-03-2015 20:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10613 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Rhodesiella tarsalis? It looks like Rhodesiella. The type species tarsalis is from southern Africa and I assume it has distinctive tarsi like your fly. Possibly many other species also have distinctive tarsi. I don't have any literature to distinguish them. |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 14-03-2015 08:03
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
John, BINGO! My impressions from memory were certainly illusory, if not actually delusional. In fact I could hardly believe that it was in the Chloropidae. To the best of my memory, I never even had heard of the genus Rhodesiella. But of course I did a bit of surfing and found those striking scutella, plus mating assemblies that were more abruptly persuasive of Chloropidae than any morphology could be! That was at http://baba-insects.blogspot.com/2013/11/blog-post_9.html though you have to page down a bit to see the serried ranks effect. Many thanks from me and my friend. At least I now know it wasn't my failing memory.  (Now all I need do is work out what it was that I REALLY forgot!  ) |
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| von Tschirnhaus |
Posted on 22-11-2022 18:21
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Member Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 454 Joined: 04.11.07 |
Chloropidae, Rhodesiellinae: Rhodesiella spec. The hind edge of the eye is slightly concave, a typical feature of Rhodesiella, in addition the scutellum agrees, too. |
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