Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Snouted Tephritid - Dioxyna? (Zambia)

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 25-08-2015 07:11
#1

Small; 4-5mm?
, on one of the native yellow composites (no idea which, up to 5-6 feet tall, flower up to two inches across and a sickly yellow, leaf reminiscent of Cosmos but rather larger, flowering everywhere from March-May.

The general appearance - and particularly the rather unusual head- seems to fit Dioxyna; are there other similar genera?

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 25-08-2015 07:13
#2

Another (poor) image showing wings in slightly more detail

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 25-08-2015 08:05
#3

Yes, a Dioxyna.

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 25-08-2015 08:21
#4

Thanks!