Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Angioneura sp?

Posted by Waldgeist on 23-07-2020 23:51
#1
Austria, Götzendorf, 19-Jul-2020
Note the wing venation

Posted by Zeegers on 25-07-2020 08:10
#2
Yes, but why not simply female Melanomyia ?
Wing venation is the same.

Theo

Posted by Zeegers on 25-07-2020 08:10
#3
Yes, but why not simply female Melanomyia ?
Wing venation is the same.

Theo

Posted by Waldgeist on 25-07-2020 11:49
#4
I don't think so, Melanomya sp. do not have that many bristles on the legs and have darkened wings. I've observed a few Melanomya sp. myself.
Edited by Waldgeist on 25-07-2020 11:51

Posted by John Carr on 25-07-2020 13:58
#5
Zeegers wrote:
Yes, but why not simply female Melanomyia ?
Wing venation is the same.

Theo


I don't know what generic limits look like in Europe these days. Downes (1986) recognized one species of Melanomya s. str., M. nana with black halteres (vs. white here). The former subgenera Angioneura and Opsodexia are now full genera in North America. There is also Melanomya (Eggisops) pecchiolii which Downes distinguished based on characters I can't see clearly.

Posted by Zeegers on 25-07-2020 14:42
#6
You are totally right. I had never seen Angioneura on a flower.

I am not familiar with A. cyrtoneurina, this looks good as acerba to me.


Theo