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Nikita Vikhrev	#1 Posted on 16-04-2006 14:27
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Sochi region, Black sea, 05.III, 5-6mm, forest. 1 or, 1+4 dc - Suillia? Inside Suillia, my key ask me questions I need material to compare to answer. Arista is long hairy, so it is not S. nemorum with siutable wing colour. Arista with very long hair - S.variegata Arista with long hair - S. notata/affinis. Help, please! Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Jan Willem	#2 Posted on 16-04-2006 17:21
Member Location: Posts: 2122 Joined: 24.07.04	Hi Nikita, From the key of P. Withers (The British species of the genus Suillia (Diptera, Heleomyzidae), including a species new to science.-- Proc. Trans. Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. 20, 1987: 91-104), the following pictures give the difference between "arista with very long hair" (VI) and "arista with long hair" (VII). Maybe this will be of some help to you! By the way, your specimens looks like Suillia variegata to me, but I'm no specialist. Jan Willem Edited by Jan Willem on 16-04-2006 17:23


Nikita Vikhrev	#3 Posted on 16-04-2006 20:19
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Hi Jan. Thank you Jan. I think that your illustrations solves the problem. Arista plumage is badly visible on my photo, but surely it is VI. As far as I understand now, it means that "arista plumage wider than 3-d arista segment", which lead us to S. variegata (unfortunely no information about presence or absence of dark spots on the wings). Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Jan Willem	#4 Posted on 17-04-2006 19:25
Member Location: Posts: 2122 Joined: 24.07.04	Hi Nikita, S. variegata does have these spots on the wings! Jan Willem


Nikita Vikhrev	#5 Posted on 18-04-2006 08:01
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Wow! Thank you Jan. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Andrzej	#6 Posted on 18-04-2006 15:42
Member Location: Posts: 2323 Joined: 05.01.06	There is a typical male of Suillia variegata !


Nikita Vikhrev	#7 Posted on 18-04-2006 16:38
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Thank you Andrzej. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University