Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Acinia corniculata] Tephritis sp
Posted by Arthropa on 23-07-2004 11:54
#1
Hello,
Is it possible to determine the species of this specimen from this sole photo ?
Looks like Tephritis conura, but I don't know whenever there are other similar species or not...
Lentgh approx 7 mm. August 2003, Dijon (21), France
Thanks !
Benoit
Edited by Arthropa on 10-03-2007 00:25
Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-07-2004 12:55
#2
Hello Benoit,
I would hazard the guess of
Campiglossa loewiana (used to be
Paroxyna loewiana), but that species is smaller than 7 mm. Did you include the wings in the total length?
Posted by Arthropa on 23-07-2004 14:53
#3
Yes, I did.
But it's only an approximation, since I didn't measure the specimen, but determined the length from memory some time later.:|
Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-07-2004 14:57
#4
Then I think my identification will not be far off. ;)
Posted by John Smit on 30-11-2004 17:56
#5
Hi Benoit,
May I congratulate you with a nice picture of a pretty rare tephritid. Inspite of the names suggested (
Campigloss and
Tephritis) it is a different genus:
Acinia corniculata. A rare species all over Europe. One of those genera with only a few species and closely related to
Campiglossa, therefore quite often mistaken for something else. Very nice indeed.
John Smit
Posted by John Smit on 30-11-2004 17:56
#6
Hi Benoit,
May I congratulate you with a nice picture of a pretty rare tephritid. Inspite of the names suggested (
Campigloss and
Tephritis) it is a different genus:
Acinia corniculata. A rare species all over Europe. One of those genera with only a few species and closely related to
Campiglossa, therefore quite often mistaken for something else. Very nice indeed.
John Smit
Posted by John Smit on 30-11-2004 18:36
#7
Sorry, the differentiating characters are the clearly m-shaped wing-markings and the orange-brown colour of the body, thorax as well as the abdomen. You won't find any
Campiglossa or
Tephritis with orangebrown abdomen or thorax. The only genera with a more or less similar colour are
Xyphosia or, though more yellow than orange,
Oxyna, but these have a different wingpattern.
John
Posted by Arthropa on 04-12-2004 22:42
#8
Well, there's always a lot to learn ! Good thing !
Thanks for the ID and explanations. ;)