Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomyzidae, Pherbellia dorsata ?
Posted by John Bratton on 03-02-2017 15:58
#1
Collected in dune slack, Aberffraw, North Wales, 19 July 2016. More photos to follow.
Posted by John Bratton on 03-02-2017 16:00
#2
Wing (as you no doubt realised, but one has to write something or the post doesn't work).
Posted by John Bratton on 03-02-2017 16:01
#3
Very short frontal stripe.
Posted by John Bratton on 03-02-2017 16:01
#4
Terminalia
Posted by John Bratton on 03-02-2017 16:03
#5
The same, in alcohol. The reason to doubt dorsata is that the hairs on the arista are shorter than the Fauna Ent. Scand. key suggests they should be. The only other possibility I can see is P. griseola. So, another opinion would be appreciated, please.
John Bratton
Posted by Fred Fly on 04-02-2017 09:32
#6
This is P. dorsata, not P. griseola or P. obtusa. Some characters in the key will not work for some individuals and in this case genitalia are still the best way for determination.
Posted by John Bratton on 04-02-2017 17:23
#7
Thank you for the identification.
Best wishes
John