Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae? Ecuador

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-10-2023 09:25
#9

1. Not Delia sp., but species of D. platura group.
2. I'm not very convinced by Gomes et al. (2022) publication. Authors divided D. sanctijacobi from D. florilega by COI sequence. In the morphological key they have not even compare D. sanctijacobi with D. florilega. Thus, D. sanctijacobi is a species described by COI sequence only, without any morphological confirmation.
3. I cannot see any trace of a brush of long dorsal setae on the first tarsomere of mid leg (the main diagnostic character for D. sanctijacobi and D. florilega).