Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Steganinae from Canary Islands -> Cacoxenus subg Gitonides
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 22-09-2023 21:20
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 Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1963 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Not my own photos, but I got permission by the observer to make the request here: La Gomera, Sept 2023   
Edited by Carnifex on 24-09-2023 21:18 Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 23-09-2023 00:13
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2415 Joined: 05.01.06 |
It's a Drosophila species: repleta species-group
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 23-09-2023 08:20
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1963 Joined: 23.06.15 |
I don't think so - the dark spots are too large, to manny bristles on the thorax and general shape says not a Drosophilid. Note also theremarkable eye stripe. I was going into the direction of a Cacoxenus species Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 23-09-2023 16:56
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 Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2358 Joined: 13.02.09 |
The arista is not long haired, so Cacoxenus might come in to mind, but it is not a species I know. Maybe an introduced species?
Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 23-09-2023 18:34
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1963 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Cacoxenus perspicax is described to have a horizontal bar in the eyes
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 23-09-2023 19:07
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Member Location: Posts: 1257 Joined: 25.03.10 |
That fly can be a Phortica (subg. Sinophthalmus) sp. It is not P. (S.) picta which I know. Except of P. (S.) picta there is one more described P. (S.) species, one described subspecies and a number of not yet studied taxa. Distribution from SW USA to S. America. Also I do not exclude Cacoxenus (subg. Gitonides). If the specimen is available, I would like to study it, also I can arrange its DNA sequencing (most of its body can stay preserved if needed so).
Edited by Jan Maca on 23-09-2023 19:13 |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 23-09-2023 20:28
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1963 Joined: 23.06.15 |
unfortunately the fly hasn't been caught. I had excluded Phortica because the antennae do not seem to be plumose Edited by Carnifex on 23-09-2023 21:38 Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 24-09-2023 10:33
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2415 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Really, the arista is rather bare or short pubescent... Maybe we should check the key to the Afrotropical genera?
dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 24-09-2023 12:49
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Member Location: Posts: 1257 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Both P. (Sinophthalmus) and C. (Giitonides) have micropubescet arista. Still you are right with C. (Gitonides) - after consultation of literature I realized that some characters testify for its affiliation to C. (Gitonides) (lacking frontal keel, costa developed only up to r2+3). Maybe you are even right with C. (G.) perspicax, still unrecorded from Canary Islands, but note that there are more than ten species of C. (G.) in Africa - e. g. C.(G.) apidoxenus, described from Senegal...
Edited by Jan Maca on 24-09-2023 18:17 |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 24-09-2023 21:17
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1963 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Thanks for the detailed information!
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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