Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Urophora jaceana ?

Posted by EsinM on 23-10-2023 09:49
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Republic of Chuvashia, Prisursky State Nature Reserve, VIII.2023
Edited by EsinM on 23-10-2023 09:50

Posted by eklans on 23-10-2023 13:55
#2
Look good for Urophora jaceana - but it seems that we can only exclude U. cuspidata and U. solsitialis by comparing the aculeus of the female's ovipositor.
De Nederlandse Boorvliegen (Tephritidae) (2021), John T. Smit

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 24-10-2023 08:57
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Certainly NO jaceana: the femora are black.
It looks more like U. terebrans from Cirsium ciliatum, which sometimes have black femora or U. lopholomae from Centaurea scabiosa, which ALWAYS has black femora. Both are present in Volga basin

Posted by EsinM on 24-10-2023 14:53
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Thank you for saving me from a mistake!