Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Aciura coryli (was: tephritidae wing)
Posted by ferran on 04-07-2006 17:58
#1
This fly was caught on a sticky trap placed in a citrus orchard near Valencia, on October 2004. The picture is not good but the wing pattern can be seen clearly. I wonder if it is possible to identify it only with this wing pattern
Edited by ferran on 04-01-2009 18:19
Posted by Jan Willem on 04-07-2006 18:46
#2
Hi Ferran,
Somewhere near
Oxyaciura tibialis? We do need the expert opinion of John here.
Jan Willem
Posted by ferran on 05-07-2006 07:31
#3
Thak you, Jan. The species you cite, Oxyaciura tibialis, is not in the book of White on British tephritidae. The information in internet is scarce. I found only a reference as parasitic (?) on seeds of Salvia in Canary Islands. Do you know anything else about this species?
Ferran
Posted by Jan Willem on 05-07-2006 23:43
#4
Hi Ferran,
What I know about it is from Merz (1994):
Larvae in flowers of
Lavendula,
Nepeta and probably
Rosmarinus offiinalis. Distributed in Mediteranian and East Africa, possibly also in the south of Switzerland.
Jan Willem
Posted by ferran on 06-07-2006 09:05
#5
Thank you, Jan, for the information. I kept this fly for many months without being able to identify it and now finally I've got an answer.
Ferran
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-07-2006 10:15
#6
Bei-Bienko's key to Diptera of the European part of the USSR give the same ID.
Posted by ferran on 07-07-2006 07:18
#7
Thank you very much, Paul, for the confirmation;)
Posted by John Smit on 17-07-2006 16:36
#8
Hi Ferran,
Can you give me a better picture of the head, so I can hopefully see the setae. For it looks more like an
Aciura coryli to me, than
Oxyaciura tibialis, but to be sure I need to now the number of Orbital setae, either 1 or two. Both species are very much alike.
Best wishes,
John
Posted by ferran on 17-07-2006 19:03
#9
Hello John,
I have been looking for the insect but could not find it, for the moment:(. I need some more time to search my tubes more carefully.
Anyway, just a few days ago I found another very similar specimen, again on a citrus orchard (this is almost the only habitat I search). Tha dark area of the wing has the same shape, but two hialine spots instead of three. I see apparently two orbital setae. Could it be the same species?
Posted by ferran on 17-07-2006 19:04
#10
the wing pattern
Posted by ferran on 17-07-2006 19:05
#11
general aspect
Posted by John Smit on 18-07-2006 09:09
#12
Hi Ferran,
Very good! Thanks! It is indeed
Aciura coryli! It is a species which very seldomly is found in the field, and in collections for that matter! The larvae live in flowers(!!) of
Phlomis and
Ballota. Something very unusual for Tephritids! If you ever come accross some specimens without having a destination, I would be interested! ;)
Best wishes,
John