Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hubneria affinis?
Posted by Rui Andrade on 20-07-2019 02:35
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I identified this specimen as Hubneria affinis, but I'm not sure. Hubneria should have setae on posterodorsal margin of hind coxa, but I don't know if I'm seeing the right bristles. In one of the photos below I indicated with red arrows what I think are those hairs.
location: Barcelos (Portugal)
date: 11/07/2019
Posted by Rui Andrade on 20-07-2019 02:35
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Posted by Zeegers on 20-07-2019 11:22
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Hi Rui,
Your arrows point to the trochanter, not the coxa, which are higher ( and bare). Huebneria has the scutellum very red. This is something else.
Theo
Posted by Zeegers on 20-07-2019 11:23
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So what about the apical scutellar bristles ?
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 21-07-2019 06:02
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Hi Theo, the apical scutellar bristles are more or less horizontal (so it can't be Hubneria! :o ) and crossed. I'm now thinking it could be Nilea hortulana. I attached some more photos.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 21-07-2019 06:02
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Posted by Zeegers on 21-07-2019 07:48
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Nilea hortulana is a very good suggestion.
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 21-07-2019 13:53
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Thank you Theo. Do you need to see some particular feature to confirm the species, or can I label the specimen as N. hortulana?