Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Opomyza?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-07-2007 22:05
#1
Mosc reg, 09 July, 2,5-3mm
Has additional crossvein as O.punctella, but very small and yellowish-light. So far only this bad photo...

Posted by Jan Willem on 10-07-2007 07:38
#2
Hi Nikita,

Opomyza punctella is normally a rather small species so that sounds right to me! Always nice to find Opomyza punctella; only a few specimens (if present at all) in most collections.

Jan Willem

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-07-2007 08:50
#3
Jan,
to tell you truth I have still doubts (may be I forgot O.punctella during long winterShock)
Please, check better image!
Nikita

Posted by Jan Willem on 10-07-2007 10:14
#4
Well, Opomyza lineatopunctata (also a small species) occasionally has extra crossveins and spots like O. punctella, but O. lineatopunctata can easily be recognized by have a dark central stripe on the thorax. So if this dark central stripe on the thorax is absent (which it looks like it is), your specimen is O. punctella.

Jan Willem

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-07-2007 12:17
#5
No stripe.
Ok, O. punctella Shock
Thank you, Jan

Posted by Stef on 10-07-2007 13:41
#6
Is this the same fly as on the first picture??
i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/stef-photo/makro/IMG_4556.jpg

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-07-2007 18:10
#7
Same genus, but O.florum, I think.
Nikita

Posted by Jan Willem on 10-07-2007 22:20
#8
Hi Stef,

Although you can't see the wings very well I think Nikita is totally right. I would also call this Opomyza florum (a male).

Jan Willem