Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phaonia sp. (Muscidae)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-03-2008 22:05
#1

On the 2nd of March, I found a dipteran pupa in Barcelos, Portugal, and collected it.
It has finally been born, and I think it resembles a lot the male of Helina impuncta. Is that right?

date: 24/03/2008

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Edited by Rui Andrade on 27-03-2008 01:06

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-03-2008 22:20
#2

I think it is Phaonia.
May be Ph.rufipalpis :o Palpi are yellow? Pra absent/present?

Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-03-2008 23:26
#3

Hi Nikita,

What do you mean with Pra? I'm adding one more photo to try to show better the palps.

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Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-03-2008 12:06
#4

pra is "prealar seta" which can be found above the notopleural depression.
Thus, you can show us the same picture, slightly shifted towards the thorax...

Posted by socrates on 25-03-2008 12:20
#5

beautiful pictures...nice one

Posted by Rui Andrade on 25-03-2008 15:31
#6

Thank you Stephane.

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socrates said:
beautiful pictures...nice one


Thanks;)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-03-2008 22:41
#7

No long prealar, I'd say like Nikita.

Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-03-2008 23:06
#8

Ok, thank you to both:)