Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Platystomatidae? Indian Ocean :)
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 14-11-2018 16:51
#1
Please help with this Signal fly female. I don't even know what subfamily or Genus it is! I keyed it out to Scholastes but I'd say I'm wrong as its a more Australian Genus? Best wishes!
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 14-11-2018 16:51
#2
Wing
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 14-11-2018 16:52
#3
Ovipositor
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 14-11-2018 16:54
#4
Another view
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 14-11-2018 16:55
#5
Ventral view
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-11-2018 12:00
#6
I'd say Tephritidae
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 19-11-2018 09:58
#7
Paul Beuk wrote:
I'd say Tephritidae
Hey Paul, I admit that I flirted with both families but a few characters didn't seem to add up for Tephritidae.
I couldn't see any arcuation in bcu etc.? What can you see that makes it a Teph? :) :) :)
Posted by John Carr on 19-11-2018 13:04
#8
I think Paul was looking at the shape of the tip of vein Sc, which is bent as in Tephritidae. The rest of the wing is typical of Platystomatidae. The absence of fronto-orbital bristles also points towards Platystomatidae.
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 19-11-2018 13:37
#9
John Carr wrote:
I think Paul was looking at the shape of the tip of vein Sc, which is bent as in Tephritidae. The rest of the wing is typical of Platystomatidae. The absence of fronto-orbital bristles also points towards Platystomatidae.
Yeah, I saw that and instantly thought Teph when I saw it. The infuscation
doesn't come through as well in the photo but it makes the vein bend looks more pronounced
than it actually is
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 02-12-2018 22:57
#10
Neohemigaster sp. (Platystomatidae Scholastinae)
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 11-12-2018 10:17
#11
Nosferatumyia wrote:
Neohemigaster sp. (Platystomatidae Scholastinae)
Gentleman Val! At least I got the right subfamily! Beautiful specimen!
Posted by Andrew Whittington on 25-07-2019 11:14
#12
I dunno Val! Don't you think this is nearer to Scholastes?
I'm thinking Scholastes vicarius Hendel, 1912.
Edited by Andrew Whittington on 25-07-2019 11:17