Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fruit fly? In Buenos Aires
Posted by Diego Rosa on 30-06-2019 19:02
#1
Hi, I think this fly is called fruit fly, but I'm not sure which family it belongs to.
I'd like to Id, it appears around my kitchen at the end of summer.
Thanks
Diego Rosa
Posted by John Carr on 30-06-2019 20:38
#2
Drosophilidae subfamily Steganinae. Reminds me of
Leucophenga.
Posted by Diego Rosa on 30-06-2019 23:32
#3
Thank you very much John
Greetings
Diego Rosa
Posted by Isidro on 16-05-2024 06:36
#4
There would be very little or no chance to identify neotropical
Leucophenga to species level, I guess?
I have that one also unidentified:
https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=111484
Posted by John Carr on 16-05-2024 21:04
#5
I do not know of a revision or review of Neotropical
Leucophenga. One would need to read many papers.
Posted by Jan Maca on 17-05-2024 09:28
#6
Your old picture (id=11484) might show a male of the species which you photographed recently (a female). You may try to ask for identification a South-American specialist, e. g. Prof. C.R.Vilela (e-mail: crvilela@ib.usp.br). Anyway, L. maculosa, widely distributed in America (from USA to Argentina) looks like the flies you have photographed; this is just a suuggestion, not identification.
Edited by Jan Maca on 17-05-2024 11:24