Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Melieria sp.

Posted by Margarita Auer on 19-01-2008 22:44
#1
Dear members,

Could this fly belong to the genus Melieria?
It was found on the 24 th of June in the South of Vienna in Lower Austria.
Thank You

Margarita Auer

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 20-01-2008 00:28
#2
Otites guttata Meigen

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 20-01-2008 00:58
#3
Why not Otites centralis ? Light and dark areas on wings seems very contrasted, no ?

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 20-01-2008 10:46
#4
U are right, Stephan. Subbasal crossband is well-defined in its posterior part.
However, this wing character as proposed by Bernhard Merz does not always work throughout part of Central Europe and closer to Balcans, where some wing characters are rather intermediate. Elena Kameneva insists that in Austria 80-90% probability that it is O. centralis. In most cases, genital characters are important.

Posted by Margarita Auer on 20-01-2008 22:42
#5
Thanks very much to Valery and Stephane.

Best Regards

Margarita Auer