Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomyzidae: Sepedon fuscipennis
Posted by Tony T on 21-05-2007 16:31
#1
22 April 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 9mm.
Looks like some of the species in the Gallery.
Edited by Tony T on 20-08-2008 00:51
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-05-2007 16:44
#2
yes, sciomyzid. :) Nikita will say more. :)
Posted by Kahis on 21-05-2007 17:02
#3
Sepedon sp.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-05-2007 20:03
#4
My guess is S.fuscipennis. Could you check is there black hairs in area marked green (under posterior spiracle)?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-05-2007 20:15
#5
Image didn't attached:o
Posted by Tony T on 21-05-2007 21:39
#6
Hi Nikita: Thanks for your interest. Looked at the area under 50x mag., no hairs at all there.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-05-2007 22:29
#7
To tell you truth, I'm not very much disappointed - the absence of this hairs is just a character of
Sepedon fuscipennis:D
Posted by Tony T on 21-05-2007 22:54
#8
Thanks Nikita, apparently a common species in eastern NA.