Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomyzidae, July 12, 2007

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 29-07-2007 05:36
#1

Size 3 mm. Nikita have examined the specimen and found it interesting, so I'm posting it.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-07-2007 08:20
#2

Colobaea distincta, female.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-07-2007 07:31
#3

Thanks a lot Nikita.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-07-2007 20:00
#4

This fly is really interesting for two reasons:
1. Colobaea distincta is not a common species, at least in Russia.
2. This very specimen has one strong seta on posterior margin of mesopleuron, both on left and right sideShock
Has anyboby ever seen Colobaea with such a seta?
Nikita