Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ctenophora sp.

Posted by Areamilla on 03-03-2007 09:34
#1
Hello.
Somebody knows this Ctenophora?. Perhaps, ornata? Sorry, is the only photo that I have.

Ancares, Galicia (NW Spain), 16/07/2005, 1000 m, Quercetum petraeae. It came to the light (250 W)

Thanks.

Posted by Chen Young on 06-03-2007 23:21
#2
This fly looks like Ctenophora ornata except 1) there are distinct subapical dark band on femur of hind legs 2) the 8th sternite is not enlarged. Compare this image to the Ctenophora ornata in the Diptera Gallery taken by Frank Koehler, one can see the differences as mentioned above. In North America, the flies in the genus Ctenophora are highly polymorphism and if this was also the case expressed in the European species, then the fly in this image is mostly close to Ctenophora ornata.
Edited by Chen Young on 06-03-2007 23:22

Posted by Areamilla on 08-03-2007 20:04
#3
Hi, Chen Young.
Thank you very much for your commentaries!
Greetings