Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identification help please - possible Urophora sp.

Posted by grahamc on 09-06-2011 19:26
#1
This fly was photographed in Leicestershire England on 9th June 2011 on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.)

Can anyone provide the species name please?

Thanks

grahamc
Edited by grahamc on 09-06-2011 19:33

Posted by saeed on 10-06-2011 21:15
#2
maybe Urophora cuspidata
It's hard to say without studying the tip of female genitalia.

Posted by grahamc on 10-06-2011 21:18
#3
Thank you Saeed

grahamc

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-07-2011 09:28
#4
Using some detective methods (Rubus could grow together w/ Carduus, the host plant of U. solstitialis rather than with Centaurea scabiosa, the host plant of U. cuspidata), I'd say the first option, Urophora solstitialis L. has much higher probability.