Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scenopinus => S. niger (abdomen expanded 4 white stripes)
Posted by eklans on 04-05-2020 15:05
#1
Hi, found this fly today. Is it Scenopinus niger?
Thank you for your suggestions
Eric
Edited by eklans on 05-05-2020 08:53
Posted by eklans on 04-05-2020 15:05
#2
2nd image
Posted by Sundew on 05-05-2020 01:08
#3
On the one hand, there are several photos of such "striped" Scenopinidae flies in the internet (e.g.
https://diptera.i...pid=168512) without a species name. On the other hand, we have only three members of the family in Germany, the
Scenopinus species
S. fenestralis,
S. glabrifrons, and
S. niger. Only
S. niger has black legs. So it is this species! The white "stripes" seem to be the membranes between the tergites that become visible if the fly expands its abdomen. In contracted state, the whole abdomen looks black as usual.
Regards, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 05-05-2020 01:09
Posted by Xylosoma on 05-05-2020 07:28
#4
Hi Sundew,
I swept Scenopinus griseus (Kröber, 1913) in dunes at river Elbe last year. This additional species was published by Andreas Stark in 2015 for Germany for the first time. Nevertheless it is not the species shown here.
Regards
Xylo
Edited by Xylosoma on 05-05-2020 14:34
Posted by eklans on 05-05-2020 08:48
#5
Hi Sundew, thanks a lot - that makes perfect sense |t
Greetings, Eric
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-05-2020 10:15
#6
Xylosoma wrote:
Hi Sundew,
I swept Scenopinus griseus (Kröber, 1913) last year in dunes at river Elbe last year. This additional species was published by Andreas Stark in 2015 for Germany for the first time.
Stark, A., 2015. Erstnachweis von
Scenopinus griseus (Kröber, 1913) für die Fauna Deutschlands nebst der Beschreibung des bislang unbekannten Weibchens dieser Art (Diptera, Scenopinidae). -
Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 59(2): 85-95.
Posted by Sundew on 05-05-2020 14:26
#7
Great - thank you both for that valuable information and the source! So also in this case Fauna Europaea needs to be updated (as well as Wikipedia), but who is tackling it?
Edited by Sundew on 05-05-2020 14:27
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-05-2020 16:36
#8
No-one can access Fauna Europaea for updates at the moment and that has been the case for too many years already.