Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae > Pegomya geniculata (?)
Posted by Raimo on 16-01-2022 18:36
#1
Mid Sweden, September 19 2019.
Edited by Raimo on 18-01-2022 17:18
Posted by eklans on 16-01-2022 18:45
#2
Hi Raimo, I think it could be a female Thricops diaphanus - but I'm not sure, as usually it should have a completely black EDIT: frontal vitta (was parafrontalia).
Edited by eklans on 17-01-2022 09:54
Posted by Raimo on 16-01-2022 20:54
#3
My initial guess also Eric, but I could not find any photo of one with this yellow there.
Edited by Raimo on 16-01-2022 20:55
Posted by eklans on 17-01-2022 10:15
#4
I've looked at the image again and firstly, my mistake: it's the frontal vitta which is black and yellow! But secondly, I saw that the fly has 2 pairs of inclinate frontal setae which qualifies it as a Thricops. There's no other completely yellow Thricops, so T. diaphanus seems to be the right ID. Perhaps it's a partly teneral one.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-01-2022 10:52
#5
It "Looks very similar to" a
Pegomya geniculata ...
Posted by eklans on 17-01-2022 11:24
#6
Thanks a lot, Roger! Pegomya geniculata is a very good option! |t
Posted by Raimo on 18-01-2022 17:16
#7
Thanks Roger and Eric. These families are easy to mix up.