Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Minthoini or Blondelini?-> Trichoformosomyia sauteri

Posted by guplox on 26-09-2022 10:52
#1
Photographed very recently in east China. Could it be a Minthoini? Or Blondelini? Thanks.
Edited by guplox on 28-09-2022 00:51

Posted by Zeegers on 26-09-2022 11:38
#2
or Dexiini …. ?.

Theo

Posted by guplox on 26-09-2022 11:43
#3
Thank you,Theo, for pointing me to Dexiini. I'll take a look at this tribe. TumbsUp

Posted by Zeegers on 26-09-2022 13:04
#4
Well, there was a question mark and I just noticed the eye is hairy, so NOT Dexiini.


Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 26-09-2022 13:05
#5
It reminds me of Atylostoma, though it is not the most common A. towadensis.


Theo

Posted by guplox on 26-09-2022 13:22
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Thank you again Zeegers and that's terrific! TumbsUp There're two Atylostoma spp. (A. towadensis and A. javanum) recorded to occur in east China according to Catalog of Life China. I did a look at the image tentatively identified as A. javanum at this link (https://singapore...era-001086) and this could be the very species. Smile

Posted by Zeegers on 26-09-2022 14:22
#7
But vertex is much narrower here and eye is hairy, bare in Atylostoma.

It is actually a perfect match with Trichoformosomyia.


Theo

Posted by guplox on 26-09-2022 14:53
#8
Well, yes, eyes are hairy. Such subtle difference! TumbsUp Thank you yet again!TumbsUp I'll change the ID to Trichformosomyia, probably a new record of this genus from east China (Zhejiang province). Smile

Posted by Zeegers on 27-09-2022 07:37
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Here is a recent review if the genus

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26146706/

It is definitely T. sauteri, so far recorded once from Szichuan.
So, it makes sense, but excellent find !

Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 27-09-2022 10:09
#10
PS please submit to the gallery

Posted by guplox on 28-09-2022 00:50
#11
thanks for the link and image added to gallery (to be reviewed) Smile
Edited by guplox on 28-09-2022 01:04

Posted by guplox on 29-09-2022 08:51
#12
image submission seems to have failed. doesn't show up in gallery. Frown

Posted by Zeegers on 29-09-2022 11:36
#13
Please ask Paul Beuk (aka. the boss)

Theo