Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pherbellia (Sciomyzidae)?-->Pelidnoptera (Sciomyzoidea)

Posted by guplox on 25-02-2022 14:35
#1
Picture taken recently in east China (Zhejiang province). It looks like a Pherbellia to me. Is this the correct genus? Or should I look at other options? Many thanks in advance!
Edited by guplox on 26-02-2022 12:27

Posted by Roger Thomason on 25-02-2022 17:29
#2
Looks like Pelidnoptera fuscipennis or Pelidnoptera nigripennis, Phaeomyiidae.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 25-02-2022 17:42

Posted by guplox on 26-02-2022 02:11
#3
Great! Thank you Roger for the suggested identification. Pelidnoptera looks very similar. Seems that this species hasn't yet been recorded from China though.

Posted by Zeegers on 26-02-2022 08:34
#4
I think, based on DNA, Pelidnoptera rejoined Sciomyzidae..


Theo

Posted by Roger Thomason on 26-02-2022 13:19
#5
There is another species of Pelidnoptera which was found in the far east...

https://brill.com...anguage=en

this one from Japan... https://twitter.c...44/photo/2


Posted by guplox on 26-02-2022 13:47
#6
Thank you Roger for the links. I think there's a good chance of my specimen being Pelidnoptera triangularis recorded from Japan.