Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A Scoliocentra

Posted by KWQ on 20-12-2011 11:47
#1

This one might a little "Christmas gift" for Andrzej:).

It's a Scoliocentra with several prosternal bristles and going somewhere near S. brachypterna/dupliciseta
in my keys.

BUT, see the remarkable strong mesopleural seta (I guess the above-mentioned species should have only little bristles/hairs there).


Best wishes and thanks, KWQ

Posted by KWQ on 20-12-2011 11:48
#2

And here come the genitals for this male.

Posted by Andrzej on 20-12-2011 12:41
#3

With all probability it is Sc. brachypterna . Cerci are typical, but dististylus (or edit) not seen. It should be verified !
By Sc. brachypterna palpi are bicoloured. Could you check the first tarsomere of hind leg ? It should be shorter than the second segment. ;). If both sides of the mesopleura have a bristle then the genitalia should be examined ;-). Andrzej

Edited by Andrzej on 20-12-2011 18:55

Posted by Andrzej on 20-12-2011 18:56
#4

In some specimens of H. serrata species-group such aberrations are present :D