Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae fly - Euleia heraclei

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:19
#1
Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.03.08
* size - 6 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - near home
* substrate - orange fruit,>> in photo above rose leaf.

Tephritidae
Tephritis sp. ? or Euleia sp. ??


EDIT ---> Title changed from "Tephritis sp. or Euleia sp.? or.." to "Tephritidae fly - Euleia heraclei"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-05-2007 00:07

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:20
#2
wing venation

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:21
#3
other view
about 3,5:1 magnification
we can see bare arista very clearly. and just two bristles in frontalia.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:23

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:22
#4
artistic view. Tephritidae fly hidden in a rose leaf.

Posted by Andrew Whittington on 09-03-2007 18:25
#5
Tephritidae
Euleia, but I'm not sure which species

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 18:38
#6
can this help to get species level?

it is a female.

Posted by John Smit on 09-03-2007 18:58
#7
Hi Martha,

It should be E. heraclei, the only species possible in Portugal. Another European Euleia is marmorata, but has an entirely different wingpattern, and the third West Palearctic Euleia is E. separata, only known from the Carany Isles.

John

Posted by Andrew Whittington on 09-03-2007 19:06
#8
Lovely photos ... I don't know this genus well enough to push it species with confidence. It might be Euleia, heracleii, which is known from Portugal, but you'd better try get it confirmed.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 19:37
#9
John Smit wrote:
Hi Martha,

It should be E. heraclei, the only species possible in Portugal. Another European Euleia is marmorata, but has an entirely different wingpattern, and the third West Palearctic Euleia is E. separata, only known from the Carany Isles.

John


Martha? Shock
ok. don?t worry. it happens.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 20:02
#10
so... it will go to gallery as Euleia heraclei
I saw that this species has dimorphism considering the seasons...

Thanks!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-03-2007 22:34

Posted by John Smit on 10-03-2007 09:58
#11
Desculpe Jorge!

The species is not really dimorphic during the seasons, there is just one form, onotrophes i beleive the name is, that occurs only in summer and which has an entirely yellow-brown body, but not all(!) specimens in summer are of that form, you can also see the dark form.

John