Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stegana cf. mehadiae

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 13-07-2021 17:57
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Ca. 5 mms, on the bark of a fallen dead beech ruin. Vemmtofte Kloster, S Zealand, Denmark, 13 July 2021.

Edited by Karsten Thomsen on 18-07-2021 00:06

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 13-07-2021 17:57
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Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 13-07-2021 17:58
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Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 13-07-2021 17:58
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 13-07-2021 18:38
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Stegana sp. Drosophilidae

Posted by Jan Maca on 13-07-2021 18:50
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With 5 mm length it should be S mehadiae. It is bound to old beeches.

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 13-07-2021 23:40
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So far, only Stegana coleoptrata, furta, hypoleuca and similis have been recorded in Denmark. S. mehadiae would be new to our country.

Posted by Jan Maca on 15-07-2021 14:17
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There are some notes of mehadie from Denmark, e g.
1 Journal
Author: Lastovka, P. & Maca, J.
Year: 1982
Title: European and North American species of the genus Stegana (Diptera, Drosophilidae).
Jabbr: Annotnes zool. bot.
Vol./Pag.: 149:1-38.

2 Journal
Author: Petersen, F.T. & Bachli, G.
Year: 2001
Title: Drosophilidae.
Jabbr: Steenstrupia
Vol./Pag.: 26:193-194.