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 Strange Lauxaniidae - "Minettia styriaca"
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| Kahis |
Posted on 24-08-2008 18:49
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Hi. This is the fly which has been called "Minettia styriaca" on previous Finnish checklists. It does not look much like a Minettia, but I have a hard time placing it anywhere in Lauxaniidae. There are just three very old specimens in our collections, all unfortunately female. Any ideas? It has: * two ventroapical spurs on mid tibia. * black spinules on costa reaching middle of R2+3 and R4+5 but not more. * no intra-alar in front of the prescutellar one. * no distinguishing marks (spots, sutures etc.) on face * one strong presutural dc just before the suture - but one specimen seems to lack this seta on one side (it is not just broken off but genuinely missing). * no setulae on wing veins (dorsal or ventral) * anterior wing margin weakly infuscated If I ignore the presutural dc it keys out as Sapromyza carinatula Shatalkin, a species from the Russian Far East. Kahis attached the following image:  [86.35Kb] Edited by Kahis on 24-08-2008 18:55 Kahis |
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Posted on 24-08-2008 18:50
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
frons
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Posted on 24-08-2008 18:50
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
mesonotum
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