Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophagidae - Apodacra sp. (female)

Posted by Liliane D on 31-07-2023 12:55
#1
Hello,
South of France, July 30, 2023.
The body is 5.5 mm long
Thank you for your help with identification.
Edited by Liliane D on 01-08-2023 09:14

Posted by John Carr on 31-07-2023 13:18
#2
Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae. A few species have closed cell r5.

Posted by Liliane D on 31-07-2023 13:30
#3
Thank you very much John,
Among the Sarcophagidae, I have already seen an Apodacra sp. closely following a Prionyx kirbii and another a Sphex funerarius.
I also saw a Miltogramma sp. closely following a Megachile albisecta.
And another Taxigramma sp. closely following a Prionyx kirbii.

But I haven't yet seen the pattern shown here on the abdomen. Could it be a criterion for identification?
Edited by Liliane D on 31-07-2023 13:31

Posted by Zeegers on 31-07-2023 16:06
#4
Abdominal pattern in Apodacra are highly diverse and highly distinctive. I have, however, seen to little material to be able to suggest a species. Verves did a review which seems to work better than the / many old keys….
Theo

Posted by Liliane D on 31-07-2023 16:22
#5
Many thanks Theo,
So it could be a female Apodacra?
The only one I've seen doesn't have the same abdominal pattern.
But I can't find the Verves review on the internet.

Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2023 07:00
#6
?
It is the first hit in Google

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303693314_Apodacrina_2015_Verves