Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown January Brachycera, 2.5 mm --> cf. Chromatomyia horticola
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 09:52
#1
Hello!
Besides the first
Scatomyza pallida 2008:
http://www.foto-u..._2_5mm.jpg, there was also this one yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany, at garden shed, 13 ?C), with a more greyish look and dark legs.
I'm not sure if it is a
Scaptomyza, too, or possibly even a different family (Chloropidae or Agromyzidae come into my mind). Can anybody help me? Thanks!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 12:01
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 09:53
#2
Another picture.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 09:53
#3
Third pic.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 09:53
#4
Fourth pic.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 12-01-2008 10:24
#5
Agromyzidae.
Phytomyza ?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 10:56
#6
Hello, Stephane!
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Agromyzidae. Phytomyza ?
Thanks! Interesting that it had the same size and similar habitus as the
Scaptomyza, that I had found a few moments before. Therefore my first thought was: "Oh, what an unusually couloured
Scaptomyza!" ;).
Posted by Kahis on 12-01-2008 11:34
#7
Probably
Chromatomyia horticola (Agromyzidae). This genus was recently split from
Phytomyza. It is perhaps the only truly polyphagous agromyzid in Europe.
Edited by Kahis on 12-01-2008 11:36
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-01-2008 12:01
#8
Hello, Kahis!
Kahis wrote:
Probably Chromatomyia horticola (Agromyzidae). This genus was recently split from Phytomyza. It is perhaps the only truly polyphagous agromyzid in Europe.
Very interesting, thanks!