Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another three images from Japan
Posted by Xespok on 27-05-2005 00:32
#1
This fly was very common in early spring. The fly was very small, showed preference for Liguliflorae flowers. As far as I remember, similar flies are quite common in Europe.
Posted by Xespok on 27-05-2005 00:37
#2
I saw this fly only once. Is it Calliphoridae? Any suggestion for genus, this does not look sturcturally similar to Lucilia sp.
Posted by Xespok on 27-05-2005 00:43
#3
I apologize for the poor image quality. Is it Tephritidae or Pyrgotidae? How can I tell apart the two families?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-05-2005 09:38
#4
1. Family Scatopsidae (they are midges, by the way). Not possible to say what species, or even genus, from this picture.
2. I am sure it is Calliphoridae. But if it is not
Lucillia, then maybe [/i]Bellardia[/i]. There must be several others that are greenish, maybe even more in the East Palaearctic than in the West. ;)
3. This must be Tephritidae. In virtually all 'northern' Pyrgotidae the ocelli are absent and you can see ocelli shining in this picture. Otherwise, wing venation is almost always good to identify Tephritidae, with the subcosta clearly bent towards the costa (often at a [almost] straight angle) and clearly weakened after the bend.
Posted by Xespok on 29-05-2005 11:30
#5
Thanks Paul for your response.
As for Scatopsidae I think one has to be really a masochistic type to chose this family to study. Most members of this family are supposed to look quite similar to the image attached.
It would be very nice to include a Diptera anatomy page on this site. This also could include the wing vein pattens of many selected families.
Xespok
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-05-2005 11:43
#6
It is on my list... if I ever get time to do it. ;)