Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Heterodoxa (Ulidiidae) from Marquesas
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| Tramage |
Posted on 20-01-2026 15:00
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
Hello, This Heterodoxa species has been collected in a Malaise trap on Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia). It does not agree with the 4 described species, all being single island endemics and moreover none of which being described from Nuku Hiva. Does anyone work on the Ulidiidae of the Indo-Pacific region and would be interested in working on this very most likely new species ? I have 7 males and 13 females. Thank you in advance Tramage attached the following image:  [77.92Kb] Edited by Tramage on 20-01-2026 15:01 |
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| Tramage |
Posted on 20-01-2026 15:00
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
Lateral view
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Posted on 20-01-2026 15:00
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
Wing view
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Posted on 20-01-2026 15:01
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
Another wing view
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| Tramage |
Posted on 20-01-2026 15:01
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
Wing pattern of the described Heterodoxa species
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 20-01-2026 18:48
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Lucky you! No doubt, uapouae. If it were an undescribed species, the task could be more difficult. Are you going to keep it in alcohol and extract DNA then? We are working now xactly with this trbe of Ulidiidae, and the Oceanian genera of the Lipsanini are not represented by fresh or recent material at all. Keep in touch. Val |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 20-01-2026 18:48
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Member Location: Posts: 3553 Joined: 28.12.07 |
Lucky you! No doubt, uapouae. If it were an undescribed species, the task could be more difficult. Are you going to keep it in alcohol and extract DNA then? We are working now exactly with this tribe of Ulidiidae, and the Oceanian genera of the Lipsanini are not represented by fresh or recent material at all. Keep in touch. Edited by Nosferatumyia on 20-01-2026 18:49 Val |
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| Tramage |
Posted on 21-01-2026 09:42
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Member Location: Concarneau, France Posts: 48 Joined: 15.12.15 |
I agree that the wing pattern on the apical half fits with uapouae, but in the basal half it is quite different, and consistent in all the specimens I have. Anyway, I can send you several males and females as I have no plan to study or barcode them in the next future. Contact me via a pm to see how we can do that. |
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