Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asteia elegantula <- yellow acalyptrate with plumose antenna

Posted by Carnifex on 02-07-2018 10:49
#1
Hi,

did not find a match in Agromyzidae, Chloropidae, Chyromyidae.
Found on a blackberry bush in a park in Vienna.

Btw, concerning Acalyptrates with plumose antennae, I know of Drosophilidae, Ephydridae, Periscelidae and Stenomicridae. Are there many more?

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Edited by Carnifex on 10-07-2018 08:20

Posted by John Carr on 02-07-2018 12:42
#2
Asteidae, I think.

Posted by John Carr on 02-07-2018 12:43
#3
Check Asteia algeriensis.

Posted by Carnifex on 02-07-2018 13:04
#4
Thank you John,

I checked the family, there is Asteia elegantula which fits my specimen. A. algeriensis looks different.
If I am correct, the silvery stripe between the eyes indicates a male?
In fauna europaea only A. concinna is reported from Austria - that one I can exclude.

Cheers,
Lorin

Posted by John Carr on 02-07-2018 13:26
#5
I read the key (https://www.onlin...p?key_no=6) too quickly. The species I named is darker. See if you can run your fly through the key.

Posted by Carnifex on 02-07-2018 13:33
#6
The key leads me to Asteia elegantula as well.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2018 14:55
#7
Correct

Posted by Carnifex on 04-07-2018 08:23
#8
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