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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Opomyzidae - ID? --> Opomyza germinationis

Posted by kuv on 17-11-2022 17:18

Northern Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Schenefeld near Hamburg, hedge with a drainage ditch between a playground and a field of a nursery school for trees, grown up with bushes like Corylus, Acer sp., Populus and other, 8th of June 2022, Outdoorphotos: kuv.
I would say "Opomyza germinationis" but I am irritated by the black tip at the antenna ... Please help me to get the ID.
Kuv

Edited by kuv on 04-12-2022 13:30

Posted by kuv on 17-11-2022 17:19

2nd picture:

Posted by kuv on 17-11-2022 17:19

3rd picture:

Posted by kuv on 01-12-2022 16:18

Please one more chance for ID.
Greetings Kuv

Edited by kuv on 01-12-2022 16:18

Posted by libor on 01-12-2022 19:27

If I see well: black stripe along terga/sterna border? In that case Opomyza petrei.
Libor

Posted by Jan Willem on 02-12-2022 13:59

I'm not convinced. The abdomen in O. petrei is much more yellowish. See for example:
https://diptera.i...to_id=5732

Edited by Jan Willem on 02-12-2022 14:01

Posted by Jan Willem on 02-12-2022 14:01

In doubtfull cases it's best to check the pro-episternum which is bare in Opomyza germinationis and has some hairs in O. petrei.

Picture from Drake 1993 - A review of the British Opomyzidae (Diptera). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. Vol 6: 159-176.

Edited by Jan Willem on 02-12-2022 15:01

Posted by kuv on 04-12-2022 13:29

Thank you very much Libor and Jan Willem.
I think it's Opomyza germinationis.
Greetings Kuv