Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae - Tephritis praecox
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-07-2007 21:25
#1
Hi
* locality - Pa?l de Arzila - Coimbra - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.06.28
* size - 3 mm (small fly)
* habitat - paul, wetland, marshland
* substrate - tall grass
Very beautiful fly, and tiny... Tephritis sp.? Which one?
EDIT ---> Title changed from "Tephritidae - Tephritis sp." to "Tephritidae - Tephritis praecox"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 20-07-2007 22:18
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-07-2007 21:29
#2
other view...
Posted by John Smit on 20-07-2007 08:12
#3
Hi Jorge,
Indeed a beautiful specimen!
It's difficult to say with this complex, only from a photo, but it seems something like Tephritis praecox.
John
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-07-2007 22:20
#4
Thanks John. Pointed abdomen (seems to be ovopositor) so this is female, isn?t it?
Posted by John Smit on 21-07-2007 11:38
#5
Hi Jorge,
Correct, i the first picture you can clearly see that the last part of the abdomen is a small black, shiny, more or less, triangle different in colour than the rest of the abdomen, this is the Oviscapus, the ovipositor is retracted inside the abdomen.
John