Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Suillia, dead (with tarsus details)

Posted by Sundew on 19-01-2008 01:57
#1
Hi,
For a change, I show you another dead one from our window sill today. It is a well preserved Suillia that passed away rather recently. Did I photograph the right features for species ID?
Many thanks, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 30-01-2008 23:49

Posted by Sundew on 19-01-2008 01:57
#2
More details.
In the lateral view (top left), there is a long seta seen between the front and middle femora. Around this seta there were some minute dark hairs that are not recognizable in the picture.
Edited by Sundew on 19-01-2008 02:04

Posted by Andrzej on 21-01-2008 09:26
#3
Probably S. bicolor but the tooth on the fore tarsomere not seen Sad.
Andrzej

Posted by Sundew on 30-01-2008 23:47
#4
Dear Andrzej, can you see that tooth in the following pics (I can't)? For orientation, arrows point to the forelegs. I looked as closely as possible to the fore tarsi but did not detect any special structure. So perhaps it is not Suillia bicolor...
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Andrzej on 31-01-2008 11:29
#5
It is Suillia bicolor ! Wink
The second picture shows a small yellowish spine (or tooth) at the end of fore tarsomere of I tibia.
Regards,
Andrzej

Posted by Sundew on 31-01-2008 12:43
#6
Ahhh - now I see this tiny thing! Besides, I did not know which part of the tarsus is the fore tarsomere, i.e., in which direction to count them (from claws upwards of from tibia downwards). Now I learned the first tarsomere (e1, metatarsus) is the one connected to the tibia, and here is also the tooth.
Many thanks, Andrzej! Till next Suillia,
Sundew