Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophila ID -> Lauxaniidae (Minettia)
Posted by Carnifex on 09-07-2019 15:21
#1
Hi,
I am struggling to ID this specimen. It is rather large, in the upper range of
D. immigrans or
D. hydei. There are no darkened wing veins. Found end of June in Vienna.
Edited by Carnifex on 09-07-2019 18:52
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-07-2019 15:40
#2
You will get further if you try to identify it as a species of the
Minettia fasciata species group (Lauxaniidae). ;)
Posted by Carnifex on 09-07-2019 18:50
#3
Oh no, the plumose antennae were falsely telling me to not look further than Drosophilids... :o
Edited by Carnifex on 09-07-2019 18:50
Posted by Carnifex on 15-07-2019 12:23
#4
With these further images, is a species ID possible? The palps appear to be dark with a yellowish base.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-07-2019 07:51
#5
One of the images shows a long seta at the base of the surstyli so it is
fasciata. None of other external characters (colour of palpi and mesonotum) are entirely conclusive.
Posted by Carnifex on 16-07-2019 09:29
#6
|t thanks Paul!