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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae, Stemonocera, ID help please

Posted by Marc Bulte on 08-08-2021 17:18

I found this Stemonocera(?) yesterday 07.VIII.2021 in the Ammergauer Alps in Germany.
The "antlers" don't look quite as developed compared to pictures of S. cornuta online. In the Fauna Europaea there is a second species reported for Germany, S. spinulosa, but i can't find any info on that one online. Which one could this be?

Posted by Marc Bulte on 08-08-2021 17:20

Another image

Edited by Marc Bulte on 08-08-2021 17:22

Posted by Ben Hamers on 08-08-2021 23:16

Stemonocera cornuta

Ben

Posted by Marc Bulte on 09-08-2021 22:58

Thanks! Do you have any information on how to separate this from the other Stemonocera species?

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 10-08-2021 11:54

S. cornuta
sHape of the "horns"

See Merz (1994) Insecta Helvetica for the Key

Posted by Marc Bulte on 10-08-2021 22:09

Ok, thanks!