Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Smidtia amoena

Posted by amaira on 22-05-2020 20:04
#1

I have worked hard trying to key this fly out using Tschorsnig and Hertings key but I just got it wrong. It was impossible. I have worked hard to find what I did wrong, but couldn´t find anything.
Finally I figured out that Smidtia amoena is not in the key! Nor in Belshaw´s key. Why?

Now I'm pretty sure it is Smidtia amoena. Am I right?
Hairy barette, 3+4 dc.

Posted by amaira on 22-05-2020 20:07
#2

Hairy Eyes.

Posted by John Carr on 22-05-2020 21:28
#3

Look under the old name Timavia amoena.

Posted by amaira on 22-05-2020 22:08
#4

Oh, there it is! I ignored Timavia because I thought it was a European species that did not exist in Sweden. Thanks a lot John!

Posted by Zeegers on 23-05-2020 08:44
#5

If it has 4 post DC and a pretty narrow vertex, it should be OK !

The reason to unite Timavia and Smidtia is found in intermediate species from the eastern Palaearctic. As long as you don’t go to Khabarovsk, not relevant here :)

Theo

Posted by amaira on 23-05-2020 10:41
#6

Yes it has. That was the problem that now is solved.
Thankyou for your confirmation.