Thread subject: Diptera.info :: male Fannia specimen>Azelia zetterstedti
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 19:29
#1
Can anyone make a suggestion about the identity of this Fannia male. It was caught in a malaise trap in an well-planted garden isolated in intensive arable farming in the English Lincolnshire fens in June this year. The wings are heavily shaded in brown.
Edited by philporter on 12-09-2018 11:24
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 19:30
#2
The thoracic dorsum is strikingly divided into the sub-shining anterior section and the heavily dusted posterior, the scutellum is similarly divided with the tip only dusted.
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 19:31
#3
The abdomen has segments 3+4 with fairly distinct paired spots divided by an interrupted dark central vitta.
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 19:33
#4
The only unusual feature of the legs seemed to be a stout blunt postero-ventral spine standing in a line of similar fine setae.
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 19:34
#5
The lower squama is produced beyond the upper, both dark brown.
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 20:33
#6
I should add that the spine on the 4th picture is on the mid femur
Posted by philporter on 11-09-2018 20:33
#7
I should add that the spine on the 4th picture is on the mid femur
Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-09-2018 22:50
#8
Looks more like an
Azelia sp.
Posted by philporter on 12-09-2018 11:21
#9
Many thanks Roger. Now that i re-assess the alignment of the anal vein area, I see that you are right; it is not Fannia but Azelia zetterstedti. I did think it looked a bit fancy for a Fannia!