Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sturmia bella?
Posted by guplox on 24-09-2022 01:10
#1
Observed in late June in east China (Zhejiang province). Exoristinae? Many thanks!
Edited by guplox on 24-09-2022 12:58
Posted by guplox on 24-09-2022 01:11
#2
lateral shot:
Posted by guplox on 24-09-2022 12:39
#3
Sturmia bella? Seems to look like this species.
Posted by Waldgeist on 25-09-2022 11:49
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Blepharipa sp. maybe
Posted by guplox on 25-09-2022 13:13
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Thank you, Waldgeist, for pointing me to this genus. |t Yes, it bears a good resemblance to a Blepharipa sp., like B. pratensis. Perhaps a congener. :)
Posted by John Carr on 28-01-2024 15:01
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If it is a
Blepharipa the key in
Flies of China says
B. wainwrighti (Baranov, 1932) based on black scutellum and male with narrow frons, no orbitals, and short claws. In China it is known from Yunnan and Guangdong. I would not trust this ID without checking a description of the species.
Baranov, N. 1932. Bestimmungstabelle der orientalischen Sturmia-Arten der scutellata-Gruppe. (Dipt. Larv.) (Mit Berücksichtigung einiger verwandten Gattungen.) Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 6:100–101.
Posted by Zeegers on 28-01-2024 20:27
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but that’s an if, it feels to me more Sturmia. Can’t explain why.
theo