Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which family ?
Posted by evdb on 20-06-2021 08:32
#1
For a friend living west of France, about Nantes.
Pictured on 18th of march 2021. Size 2,5 mm :
roy : France : Luçon : 85400 : 18/04/2021
Altitude : 10 m - Taille : 2,5 mm.
Réf. : 279840
roy : France : Luçon : 85400 : 18/04/2021
Altitude : 10 m - Taille : 2,5 mm.
Réf. : 282223
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-06-2021 09:42
#2
Drosophilidae
Posted by evdb on 20-06-2021 09:58
#3
Thanks Tony but I don't know any Drosophilidae without subcostal cell ?
Posted by Jan Maca on 20-06-2021 11:36
#4
Apparently there is a malformation of the wing base in this specimen. Among others, anal vein is absent.. Otherwise, it is a typical female of D. obscura group, probably D. subobscura.
Posted by evdb on 20-06-2021 14:00
#5
Thanks Jan, I didn't imagine such a deformity.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-06-2021 08:05
#6
Wing slightly darkekened along costal margin, a single strong apical seta on the palp:
D. (S.) subobscura
Posted by evdb on 22-06-2021 10:45
#7
Thank you Paul.