Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae? Urophora? => Ulidiidae - Otites formosa? Correct ID O. porca (det V. Korneyev)

Posted by Susan R Walter on 22-04-2020 19:56
#1
I feel I should know what this is. I'm sure I've recorded it before, but I cannot find the record now. Photographed today in my orchard, on sour cherry blossom. Touraine Loire Valley (lowland central France).
Edited by Susan R Walter on 27-04-2020 10:23

Posted by Roger Thomason on 22-04-2020 20:06
#2
Ulidiidae maybe Otites formosa

Posted by Susan R Walter on 25-04-2020 11:00
#3
Gah! Forgot Ulidiidae!! Again!!! Thanks Roger.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 27-04-2020 09:03
#4
Otites porca Latreille 1804 (formerly O. jucunda). I have no reliable records of O. ruficeps (F. 1805) (formerly O. formosa Panzer 1796) in France except Lille and neibourhood. In the rest of France and in Italy it is replaced by O. porca.

Look also here for details:
http://dx.doi.org...do.3585580

Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-04-2020 10:24
#5
Fantastic! Thanks Valerie. I've noted the changes.