Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Loewia from Orkney, Scotland.
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:47
#1
This female Loewia from Orkney last week keys out to phaeoptera, but I see there is also erecta to consider. I have no experience of any Loewia, so can I get confirmation that I am in the right area and any thoughts on the ID? The scutellar dorsal bristles are prone and the eye hairs are fairly sparse and about the width of the aristal base.
Edited by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:52
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:49
#2
Dorsal
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:49
#3
Face
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:50
#4
Wing
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 17:50
#5
lateral
Posted by andrewsi on 16-07-2018 22:20
#6
Looking at a key from 2007 by Bergstrom, I wonder whether the setae on T4 and 5 suggest erecta?
Posted by johnes81 on 17-07-2018 10:57
#7
using keys from Tschorsnig, i also arrive at
L. phaeoptera
I have a document from Bergstrom and i think that the abdomen matches
L. phaeoptera not the paratype
L. erecta.
wait for Theo's opinion but i think that you are correct with
L. phaeoptera.
Edited by johnes81 on 17-07-2018 10:58
Posted by andrewsi on 17-07-2018 11:13
#8
johnes81 wrote:
using keys from Tschorsnig, i also arrive at L. phaeoptera
I have a document from Bergstrom and i think that the abdomen matches L. phaeoptera not the paratype L. erecta.
wait for Theo's opinion but i think that you are correct with L. phaeoptera.
Thanks, John and Nini...appreciate your time on this. I suspect phaeoptera is right...I just wondered about erecta as the location is way further north than other records in the UK.
Ian
Edited by andrewsi on 17-07-2018 11:13
Posted by andrewsi on 20-08-2018 13:03
#9
Just bumping this on the off chance anyone else has any thoughts.
Thanks
Ian