Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophila bifasciata?

Posted by Carnifex on 29-07-2019 18:11
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I keyed this one out to the species pair obscura -- bifasciata. I cannot get a good enough resolution of the male genitalia, but obscura is described to have 3-5 and 5-8 sex comb setae, while here we see 8 on each tarsomere. So my assumption would be D. bifasciata. Found on a mushroom in a garden in Vienna.

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Edited by Carnifex on 29-07-2019 18:11

Posted by Jan Maca on 31-07-2019 20:47
#2

Difficult to answer. It might be bifasciata, although the picture of genitalia is unclear. I cannot explain what are the robust dark lamellae in the place of cerci.