Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown --> Paraplatypeza atra or P. bicincta
Posted by
Sundew on 14-09-2015 10:24
#2
A male of Platypezidae, and I have a guess:
Agathomyia antennata. In the first pic I think I see a long basoventral seta on the first tarsomere of the middle leg, which points to this species. However, this is in no case an absolutely certain identification!
Regards, Sundew
#3
Thank you, Sundew.
Just curious, but doesn't it also look a lot like
Paraplatypeza atra?
Best regards,
Gert
Posted by
Sundew on 15-09-2015 01:37
#4
Now we have a second guess! The pictures do not show the details clearly.
Paraplatypeza and
Agathomyia differ in wing venation. So do the wings of your fly look like these:
http://www.dipter...d_id=52086 or these:
http://www.dipter...d_id=22116? Is there a tuft of bristles on the frons and grey dusting of tergite 6? It is difficult to decide... Our expert Michal Tkoc would perhaps know! I better withdraw from the discussion
#5
I've added a 4th picture that hopefully shows just a little better the wing venation. Based on that, and with the 2 links that you supplied, I tend to think it is
Paraplatypeza atra indeed.
#6
Agathomyia are also more slender than this.
#8
Yes, this is Paraplatypeza, based on wing venation and the small tuft of setae on the frons. However, based on these images I cannot decide between P. atra and P. bicincta. The latter is not included in checklists of Belgian and Dutch platypezids, but I have recently found it on several localities in the Netherlands (sometimes together with P. atra).
#9
That's interesting! P. bicincta is on the active species list of Waarneming.nl but not on Waarnemingen.be.
Thanks for the info,
Gert
