Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae on artichoke leaf
Posted by bertrandpami on 10-04-2025 10:12
#1
Hi,
An idea for it ?
Cuise-La-Motte (Northen France) - 01-04-2025
Many thanks.
Michel
Posted by bertrandpami on 10-04-2025 10:13
#2
Other view :
Posted by Jan Maca on 10-04-2025 13:26
#3
Dear Michel, your fly is probably a Thaumatomyia. What seems me more interesting is a rather large pale brownish structure on its scutellum, which reminds a Stigmatomyces fungus. These fungi are species/genus specific but I am not aware about such fungi on Thaumatomyia. If it is really a Stigmatomyces, it should be sent to a specialist. Curiously, this structure appears appears to be lacking in the above picture (in dorsal aspect).
Posted by bertrandpami on 10-04-2025 15:12
#4
Dear Jan,
Thank you for your reply. I had put the insect in a tube without alcohol, probably a mistake, but I've just checked and this is what it gives.
If you think we can get something out of it, I can send it to a specialist, but I don't know any.
Sincerely,
Michel
Posted by Jan Maca on 10-04-2025 18:53
#5
Please send me an e-mail, it does not seem to me appropriate to give colleagues address (es) on the public forum. Keeping the fly dry is not a mistake in this case.
Edited by Jan Maca on 11-04-2025 08:42
Posted by bertrandpami on 10-04-2025 22:01
#6
Of course.
e-mail sended.
Best whishes.
Michel