Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Ajaria
Posted by Gintautas Steiblys on 05-01-2019 11:02
#1
Hi,
this fly is from Ajaria, Georgia. Caucasus 24.05.2018
Please ID
Posted by Gintautas Steiblys on 06-01-2019 11:37
#2
It's the same fly..
Posted by John Carr on 06-01-2019 12:58
#3
Are there bristles on the meron?
Posted by Gintautas Steiblys on 09-01-2019 19:12
#4
John,
are this photo gonna help with identification ??
Maybe is Angioneura acerba ?
Edited by Gintautas Steiblys on 09-01-2019 19:13
Posted by John Carr on 09-01-2019 22:25
#5
I see bristles so it's probably one of the atypical Calliphoridae in the
Melanomya group. Based on the American literature I have it can't be
Menalomya s. str. because the only species has dark halteres. It can't be
Opsodexia because that genus is American. The remaining groups are
Eggisops and
Angioneura. There might be additional European genera I don't know about.
Posted by Zeegers on 10-01-2019 19:17
#6
If you look at the calypter, it is rhinophoridae-type .
Now, this does occur in some Angioneura, so that does not contradict John’s analysis. But the strong apical scutellars amd especially the very strong bristle at base of wing, well shown in first pic, do !
So, I’d say it is Oplisa (Rhinophoridae)
Theo
Posted by Zeegers on 10-01-2019 19:18
#7
Could you please check the ocellar bristle ? They seem to be reclinate, ie. bent backwards.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 10-01-2019 21:07
#8
Zeegers wrote:
If you look at the calypter, it is rhinophoridae-type .
Now, this does occur in some Angioneura, so that does not contradict John’s analysis. But the strong apical scutellars amd especially the very strong bristle at base of wing, well shown in first pic, do !
So, I’d say it is Oplisa (Rhinophoridae)
Theo
I am glad North America is deficient in Rhinophoridae. They make too much trouble. Our only common species is the imported, distinctive
Melanophora roralis.