Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ulidiidae - Ceroxys hortulana

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-07-2007 21:35
#1
Hi


* locality - Pa?l de Arzila - Coimbra - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.06.28
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - marshes
* substrate - tall grass

Ulidiidae?? Tephritidae?

EDIT ---> Title changed from "Ulidiidae??" to "Ulidiidae - Ceroxys cf. hortulana" and finally to "Ulidiidae - Ceroxys hortulana"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 20-07-2007 22:35

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-07-2007 21:38
#2
other view...

Posted by Xespok on 19-07-2007 21:39
#3
Yes. Ceroxys cf hortulana.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-07-2007 21:42
#4
thank you, Gabor!

Is it a male or female? Which is the rule for Ulidiid flies?

Posted by John Smit on 20-07-2007 08:08
#5
Hi Jorge,

It's indeed Ceroxys hortulana, and it seems to ba a male, the tip of the abdomen looks rounded in stead of pointed with a ovipositor.

John