Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophilid from 15.02.23 --> Drosophila obscura group

Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-02-2023 21:24
#1

Hello,

there are many Drosophila of the obscura group at my fruit baits in our courtyard (northwest Germany). But this one seems lighter and more slender. A Scaptomyza (not pallida?)? Only about 2 mm.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-02-2023 08:41

Posted by Jan Maca on 21-02-2023 08:24
#2

Not Scaptomyza , too many rows of acrostichal setae. It might be just a somewhat paler specimen belonging to the obscura-group, but on the base of only this picture its identification would be ambiguos.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-02-2023 08:40
#3

Thanks a lot, Jan!