Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Canace salonitana, Canacidae, Croatia, May 2008
Posted by Xespok on 03-06-2008 14:15
#1
Another fly from the sea shore. cc 3-4 mm. An Ephydrid?
Edited by Xespok on 05-06-2008 15:07
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2008 14:37
#2
I'd suggest Canacidae.
Posted by Xespok on 03-06-2008 19:41
#3
If it is Canacidae, it is likely to be Canace salonitana (known from Crete and Croatia only). The other Canacids have a Western distribution.
The other farther option Xanthocanace ranula, which is known from Italy.
Anyone can confirm this to be Canace or at least a Canacid fly?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-06-2008 20:00
#4
Looks like
Canace - but not sure which species.
Posted by Xespok on 03-06-2008 22:16
#5
Tony, do you have a key, I may have a specimen.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-06-2008 09:21
#6
I'm sure this is
Canace salonitana. According to Mathis (in his 1982 review of Palaearctic species) the head chaetotaxy is just as shown in your photo. In
nasica, there are three, rather than two, upcurved genal bristles, and in
actites there are fewer proclinate setae on the frons.
This is a female, by the way - the thick dark ovipositor spines are quite obvious. (One for the gallery, please! B))
Posted by Xespok on 05-06-2008 15:09
#7
Thx for everyone. Submitted for the gallery.