Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae

Posted by Carnota on 08-02-2007 16:07
#1

Please, could anyone suggest an Id?
In a garden. Galicia, NW Spain. August 2006. Size 5mm.

Carnota

Posted by Carnota on 08-02-2007 16:07
#2

Dorsal

Posted by John Smit on 08-02-2007 17:10
#3

Hi Carnota,

A well known error. It's not a Tephritid but a Sciomyzid: Trypetoptera punctulata. The first name meaning 'with the wing of a Trypetid (old name for Tephritid)', so you're not the only one making thisslight mistake. I get them all the time as supposed Tephritids.

John

Posted by Carnota on 08-02-2007 19:04
#4

Thanks, John.
I am learning a lot with your comments.

Carnota