Posted by Kahis on 24-08-2008 19:49
#1
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.
Edited by Kahis on 24-08-2008 19:55