Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cyrtophleba ruricola
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 12:43
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Location: Austria, 8.5. 2018
Thank you for your help!
Helge
Edited by helge on 12-02-2020 09:13
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 12:44
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Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 12:44
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Posted by John Carr on 11-02-2020 14:09
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In the Central European key I get
Chaetovoria antennata: Voriini s.str. with bare eyes, no discals, and a row of parafacial bristles. The place is close but the time is wrong if 8.5.2018 is written in the European order meaning May 8. The summary reads "Central and Western Alps, Northern Scandinavia. High places in the mountains to 2800 m. Early July to End July, 1 generation. Very rare. Host unknown."
Edited by John Carr on 11-02-2020 14:10
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 14:36
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Hi John,
I found one publication where the authors mention a host: Anarta melanopa Thunberg (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314230206_First_rearings_of_Chaetovoria_antennata_Villeneuve_Diptera_Tachinidae_including_description_of_the_puparium
A friend of mine collected the fly at about 500-600 meters in his garden...
Cheers, Helge
Posted by Zeegers on 11-02-2020 20:00
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But discals are present on T4. I’d say it is Athrycia impressa.
Theo
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 21:22
#7
Thank you both!
some additional pics, one can see discals on T3.
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 21:24
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Arista
Posted by helge on 11-02-2020 21:27
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2nd antennal segment looks more black and dusted to me..
in the key it is described as reddish-yellow.
Helge
Posted by John Carr on 12-02-2020 00:21
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Eyes are hairy, not visible in first pictures, so it should be
Cyrtophleba ruricola.
Posted by helge on 12-02-2020 09:13
#11
Thank you John!
Sorry for the rather poor pics..
Helge
Posted by Zeegers on 12-02-2020 13:04
#12
Yes, that is a game changer. Missed that.
Theo