Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Opomyza?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-11-2005 19:23
#1
Sochi, 13 nov, city park.
I am not 100% sure that both images is from same fly.
Posted by Jan Willem on 18-11-2005 08:59
#2
Hi Nikita,
Both flies are females of
Opomyza germinationis (Linnaeus, 1758).
Jan willem
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-11-2005 10:55
#3
Thank you Jan.
Am I right that in Geomyza vi present, in Opomyza - vi absent?
Posted by Jan Willem on 19-11-2005 22:02
#4
Hi Nikita,
I don't know for certain what you mean with the vi bristles. The ones behind the ocelli? If that is what you mean, then the answer is no, that is not the difference. These bristles are absent in both genera (but present in the genus
Anomalochaeta. The shape of the wings is best to separate the two genera. In
Opomyza the wings have well developed alula which are absent in
Geomyza. Furthermore the basal and apical setae on the scutellum are about equal in length in
Opomyza whereas in
Geomyza the apical setae are much longer than the basal ones.
Jan Willem
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 20-11-2005 11:00
#5
Thank you Jan, I hope I found your differences.
Seta on added image is vibrisae or not?
Nikita
Posted by Jan Willem on 21-11-2005 07:27
#6
Hi Nikita,
Yes you are right, that is a vibrissa. It is not as obvious in all species of the genus
Geomyza though. You will get enough experience quickly enough to separate the two genera (
Geomyza and
Opomyza) by their overall appearance.
Jan Willem
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-11-2005 07:57
#7
Thank you Jan, I'll do my best.