Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae?->Lispe kowarzi pallitarsis
Posted by guplox on 13-01-2024 14:53
#1
Photographed today by a river in Zhejiang China. Approx. 5mm in length. Could it be a Muscidae spec. or something in another family? Thanks!
Edited by guplox on 17-01-2024 02:19
Posted by guplox on 13-01-2024 14:53
#2
Another shot
Posted by John Carr on 13-01-2024 17:02
#3
It appears to belong to the group with
Lispe kowarzi (which is in China but has marked wings) and
L. atrifrontata (which is from Australia).
Posted by guplox on 14-01-2024 08:44
#4
Great ID! Many thanks! |t
Posted by John Carr on 14-01-2024 19:57
#5
The group was reviewed by Vikhrev in 2014 in Amurian Zoological Journal 6(2),
https://azjournal...e/view/364. I can not match your fly with any of his species and subspecies. The wings should be darker.
Posted by guplox on 15-01-2024 01:32
#6
Perhaps in a related group rather. :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-01-2024 15:08
#7
No, no! John, it is indeed Lispe kowarzi pallitarsis Stein, 1909. Darkened wings has L. fulvitarsus. This fly is exactly what shown in 2014 in Amurian Zoological Journal 6(2) at Fig. 43b. Even abdomen on guplox's photo has "abdomen with whitish spots on tergites 3 to 5"
Posted by guplox on 17-01-2024 02:19
#8
Fantastic! A subspecies level ID! Thank you so very much, both of you! |t
Edited by guplox on 17-01-2024 02:19
Posted by John Carr on 17-01-2024 11:28
#9
Please submit the lateral image to the gallery.