Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Can be IDed?
Posted by javig on 28-06-2008 16:41
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Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain, 2700 m. 28/06/2008
Thanks!
Posted by Kahis on 28-06-2008 17:48
#2
It is a female anthomyid, which pretty much translates to a no: the females are still very poorly known in many genera.
Posted by Michael Ackland on 29-06-2008 10:04
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Kahis is right in that it is very difficult to name a female anthomyiid from a photo. But the locality and altitude of this specimen suggest to me that it could be a female Pegoplata granadensis Michelsen, 1989. Only known from the Sierra Nevada. In all Pegoplata species the dorsal setae on the hind tibia are arranged in pairs (2+2), and I think that is what I can see.
The paper where this species (and 3 more new species described from Mt Hermon in Lebanon) is described is in Ent Scand. 19:489-501. They are all mountainous species.
Did you catch any specimens Javig?
Posted by Michael Ackland on 04-07-2008 08:49
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I asked Verner to look at this thread, and he replied that it is not Pegoplata granadensis, but possibly an undescribed species of Delia. I don''t have any specimens of granadensis, only the original description
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-07-2008 08:52
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Javier doesn't catch any specimens. He is against with that practics.
Maybe I will go there in these holidays. ;)