Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID: Tephritidae ?
Posted by fer on 18-04-2007 09:46
#1
Hi,
This Tephritidae (??) visited my house yesterday.
Can anyone ID this fly?
Location: Alicante (SPAIN)
Size: < 10 mm
Date: 17-april-07
Thanks in advance
And sorry for the bad quality pictures :(
Posted by John Smit on 18-04-2007 10:13
#2
Hi
This magnificent fly is
Aciura coryli.
The larvae live in flowers of
Phlomis and
Ballota, quite unusual for Tephritids.
John
Posted by fer on 18-04-2007 10:42
#3
Thanks a lot, John !!
I've been searching for similar flies pics.
And I found this:
http://www.dipter...ad_id=5520, Maybe it's the same species?
Edited by fer on 18-04-2007 10:42
Posted by John Smit on 18-04-2007 11:46
#4
Indeed it's the same, and as you can see it is ovipositing, so if anyone can give an ID on the plant...
John
Posted by fer on 18-04-2007 11:56
#5
John Smit wrote:
Indeed it's the same, and as you can see it is ovipositing, so if anyone can give an ID on the plant...
John
The plant is
Rosmarinus sp (Labiatae, like
Phlomis an
Ballota ;))
Surprise !! The flies are emerging from
Salvia officinalis (Labiatae ;)), inside my house !
Five minutos ago:
Thank you very much, John
Edited by fer on 18-04-2007 11:58
Posted by John Smit on 18-04-2007 14:18
#6
Ah! thanks for the plant ID's!
The species is quite rare as an adult, though it seems to cocur in the entire mediterrannean region, but there are not that many rearing records! Is it possible to recieve one of your fotographs as a piece of evidence? preferably this last one, you can send it to smitj@naturalis.nl. The preferences may be the same used here, it's not for publication.
Thanks in advance.
John