Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Early Tephritid from Switzerland
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-04-2008 00:41
#1
Hello!
These are photos from Beat Weisskopf, who allowed me to post them here. Taken on April-05 near Bern, Switzerland. A
Tephritis species? Thanks in advance!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-04-2008 00:41
#2
Second picture.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2008 00:49
#3
everted glands! :) Not only in Lauxaniidae, also in Tephritidae. :D i suppose all Tephritoidea flies have these type of glands. :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-04-2008 02:02
#4
Hello, Jorge!
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
everted glands! :) Not only in Lauxaniidae, also in Tephritidae. :D i suppose all Tephritoidea flies have these type of glands. :)
Very interesting, thanks! Now that you wrote it, I rember I had read about this, but had never seen it before.
Posted by John Smit on 07-04-2008 10:23
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Looks like something aroun Tephritis fallax.
And real nice to see these pheromone pouches with Tephritis too.
There was a thread on it here at the forum http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=6&thread_id=8785
John
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-04-2008 17:18
#6
John Smit wrote:
Looks like something aroun Tephritis fallax.
And real nice to see these pheromone pouches with Tephritis too.
There was a thread on it here at the forum http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=6&thread_id=8785
Many thanks, John!