Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Tephritidae ?
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 02-07-2010 10:12
#1
Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this small Tephritidae?
I take the photo on 2 July 2010 Kokkola Finland.
Regards Pentti
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 02-07-2010 10:13
#2
Tephritidae
Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-07-2010 11:46
#3
Looks like
Terellia ruficauda in the Gallery...one for Valery tho'
Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-07-2010 11:47
Posted by Severyn on 02-07-2010 13:13
#4
Terellia sp. near
ruficauda.
Apparently an undescribed separate species.
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 02-07-2010 13:48
#5
Severin wrote:
Terellia sp. near ruficauda.
Apparently an undescribed separate species.
Ventral.
Edited by Pentti Ketola on 02-07-2010 13:48
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 02-07-2010 16:28
#6
R.I.P. She died unnamed.
Indeed, the so-called "dark form of ruficauda" is considered now as a good candidate to become a "good species".
It was Severin's bachelor project, but the paper remains unpublished, because the possible neotype specimen from Sweden gave no good result in PCR and sequencing of DNA. Now, he looks for other specimens from Sweden...
That's the story...