Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophila --> Leucophenga maculata

Posted by Jan Willem on 04-05-2009 12:48
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1. cf means that the species is conspecific with a species similar to (in this case) Leucophenga maculata but is not positively identified as L. maculata. So what I mean to say is that I think it is L. maculata but I'm not entirely sure.
2. If we could see the tip of the abdomen better, it would be easy to tell if it is a male or female. I think it is a female, but I'm again not entirely sure. I don't have any literature at hand now, but it is possible that there is sexual dimorfism in this species, in which case ther would be other characters indicating if you are dealing with a male or female.
3. If I recall well L. maculata has been reared from reared from fungi (fruiting bodies of fungi).

Maybe someone else can give you more definitive information.

Edited by Jan Willem on 04-05-2009 12:50