Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae?->Lispe kowarzi pallitarsis
Posted by guplox on 13-01-2024 15:53
#1
Photographed today by a river in Zhejiang China. Approx. 5mm in length. Could it be a Muscidae spec. or something in another family? Thanks!
Edited by guplox on 17-01-2024 03:19
Posted by guplox on 13-01-2024 15:53
#2
Another shot
Posted by John Carr on 13-01-2024 18:02
#3
It appears to belong to the group with
Lispe kowarzi (which is in China but has marked wings) and
L. atrifrontata (which is from Australia).
Posted by guplox on 14-01-2024 09:44
#4
Great ID! Many thanks! |t
Posted by John Carr on 14-01-2024 20:57
#5
The group was reviewed by Vikhrev in 2014 in Amurian Zoological Journal 6(2),
https://azjournal...e/view/364. I can not match your fly with any of his species and subspecies. The wings should be darker.
Posted by guplox on 15-01-2024 02:32
#6
Perhaps in a related group rather. :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-01-2024 16:08
#7
No, no! John, it is indeed Lispe kowarzi pallitarsis Stein, 1909. Darkened wings has L. fulvitarsus. This fly is exactly what shown in 2014 in Amurian Zoological Journal 6(2) at Fig. 43b. Even abdomen on guplox's photo has "abdomen with whitish spots on tergites 3 to 5"
Posted by guplox on 17-01-2024 03:19
#8
Fantastic! A subspecies level ID! Thank you so very much, both of you! |t
Edited by guplox on 17-01-2024 03:19
Posted by John Carr on 17-01-2024 12:28
#9
Please submit the lateral image to the gallery.