Thread subject: Diptera.info :: And this one?
Posted by lynkos on 04-12-2005 18:45
#1
Another from this afternoon, very little, just 2/3 mm.
Thanks, Sarah
Posted by Kahis on 04-12-2005 21:17
#2
Finally an easy one! I've been getting desperate: maybe this, probably that :D
This is a
Scaptomyza (Drosophilidae). Most species have a number of colour forms. This one looks like the very typical 'dark morph' of
S. pallida, a very common fly practically everywhere.
pallida is easy to identify under a microscope since it has onle two rows of acrostichal setae along the mid-dorsal stripe; all other European species have 4 ac rows (I lie but only slightly,
S. clavigera from the Azores is also two-rowed).
Edited by Kahis on 04-12-2005 21:17
Posted by lynkos on 04-12-2005 21:20
#3
Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, ma non avevo mai visto uno cos? scuro. Thanks, Sarah
Posted by Kahis on 04-12-2005 21:48
#4
lynkos wrote:
Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, ma non avevo mai visto uno cos? scuro. Thanks, Sarah
Kyll? ne joskus ovat n?in tummia, eik? ainoastaan
Scaptomyza-suvussa. My?s
Drosophilassa on kokotummia lajeja.
Terveisin
Jere
Posted by lynkos on 04-12-2005 21:54
#5
Oooops...:p! It just sort of slips out sometimes. Let's try again - Great! I had thought of a Drosophila, but I had never seen one so dark before! Is that better ;) Sarah
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-12-2005 09:48
#6
1. This is definitely a male of
Scaptomyza pallida.
2. The species of the
Drosophila obscura group are even darker: black with reddish eyes and usually yellowish legs.
Posted by lynkos on 05-12-2005 12:39
#7
Thanks for the confirmation Paul, Sarah