Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odinia trinotata

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:24
#1

I collected this Odinia from a flight interception trap in a dead oak tree (15 April - 5 May 2020). It keys to O. trinotata but has distictly orange palps. All the descriptions/keys I have checked say that the palps are darkened, so I am wondering if this is not O. trinotata, or is it a trinotata without darkened palps?
Shropshire, UK.

Edited by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:32

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:28
#2

second image:

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:29
#3

third image

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:31
#4

Underside of head showing orange-yellow palp

Edited by conopid on 17-10-2020 16:42

Posted by Jan Maca on 17-10-2020 17:33
#5

It seems to fit best to O ornata Zett. Anyway, the European species need revision.

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 21:59
#6

Thanks Jan,
O. ornata and trinotata seem to be very similar. I don't have and cannot find a description for ornata, so I have just the features given by Shtakel'berg who says ornata should also have palps darkened. So I can't be sure what this is. Probably ornata? But might be trinotata? As you say the European Odiniidae are a bit of a mess and need a review.

Posted by conopid on 17-10-2020 22:59
#7

I've just found Collin's detailed description of trinotata (as maculata) and compared this with the gallery images of O. ornata. I am now fairly convinced that this is trinotata. It has much darker legs than oranata, also the dark mark on the post pedicel extends to the base of the segment, unlike ornata which has the dark marking confined to the anterior part of the post pedicel.

If the above seems good enough to be certain, I can upload the images to the gallery. Paul?

Edited by conopid on 17-10-2020 23:01

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-10-2020 23:26
#8

Already done. :)

Posted by Jan Maca on 18-10-2020 13:19
#9

According to Krivosheina (1979 paper in Russian), O. ?ornata has pale palpi... I overlooked the coloration of postpedicel (4th picture), which is indeed characteristic for O. trinotata, so that it may be this species.