Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eriothrix rufomaculata
Posted by Jordi Clavell on 15-09-2024 11:05
#1
Could someone help me identifying these fly?
The photo was made near Barcelona, Catalonia (NE Spain), on 07.09.2024.
Perhaps Eriothrix rufomaculatus?
Thanks!
Edited by Jordi Clavell on 16-09-2024 17:02
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-09-2024 22:48
#2
Jordi Clavell wrote:
Perhaps Eriothrix rufomaculatus?
Eriothrix rufomaculata.
Posted by Jordi Clavell on 16-09-2024 16:58
#3
Thanks, Jürgen!!
Posted by Carlo Monari on 17-09-2024 07:43
#4
AFAIK,
Eriothrix is masculine, so it should be
rufomaculatus. You can check in Systema Dipterorum too.
Edited by Carlo Monari on 17-09-2024 07:45
Posted by Zeegers on 17-09-2024 11:04
#5
I am sorry to disagree, thrix is Greek and female according to my dictionary.
Posted by John Carr on 17-09-2024 15:26
#6
Feminine adjectives dominate masculine in combination with
Eriothrix in the world checklist. There is an exception. The name
Tachina argyreata Meigen, 1824 was changed to
Eriothrix argyreatus. In the other direction, the name
Eriothrix furvus Kolomiets, 1967 was changed to
Eriothrix furva.
Presumably the roots are ἔριον + θρῐ́ξ with the latter feminine. Meigen did not explain the etymology. He did describe the body as "dichtborstig".
Posted by Carlo Monari on 18-09-2024 08:00
#7
Indeed if that is the etymology the name
Eriothrix is feminine. Somewhere I got the information that the latin substantive Eriothrix was masculine and since in the Nomenclator query of Systema Dipterorum the valid name for this species is
Eriothrix rufomaculatus I didn't check further. Thanks to both.