Posted by Arp on 20-08-2010 12:55
#5
Hi Valery,
It would be great if you can find out more, but absolutely no hurry - I'm quite happy with
Procecidochares sp. too ;)
Incidentally I found yet another species that may be present in the "region at large":
P. alani - that would be identical looking too according to Internet images (say no more). They all seem to differ in host plant manly (?) and I'm pretty sure I've photographed this fly away from it's host plant, so that's not going to be any help I'm afraid.
Not at all sure about current distribution and my Internet access for searching is limited here (traveling). So far I've found:
P. alani
Vernacular Names: Mist Flower Gall Fly
Host: Mist Flower -
Ageratina riparia
Distr:
Mexico (native); Introduced:
Australia,
Hawaii,
New Zealand
P. connexa
Vernacular Names: ?
Host: Siam Weed -
Chromolaena odorata
Distr: Native to
Central and South America (Argentina?, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, ...); Introduced to: Indonesia (
Java,
East Timor,
Sumatra?),
Guam,
Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Philippines(?) ...
P. utilis
Vernacular Names: Mexican Devil Weed Gall Fly; Eupatorium Gall Fly(?)
Host: Mexican Devil Weed -
Ageratina adenophora
Distr:
Mexico (native); Introduced:
Australia,
Hawaii,
New Zealand,
India, Nepal, South Africa, China
Interestingly
this page states as a research goal for 2000:
That other specialist tephritid taxonomists be approached to sort out the generic placement of (Pro) Cecidochares connexa Macquart and its relationship to Procecidochares alani and P. utilis.
So maybe there is new data available by now?
Of course, there may
well be others that are similar looking and/or the above is incomplete in host distribution data. But it's a start ;) Note that I didn't find info on
alani and/or
utilis in Indonesia/Java (
yet).
Others:[list]
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P. atra (Americas?) (
1,
2)
[*]... (to be completed)
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