fruit fly - Paracantha culta

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Moved from Paracantha gentilis.

… Martin Hauser, 4 August, 2009 - 5:44pm

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Moved from ID Request.

… Andrew Williams, 24 July, 2009 - 10:41am

I would go with Paracantha

I would go with a female Paracantha gentilis Hering, 1940.

… Dennis Haines, 24 July, 2009 - 10:31am

No, this is culta, gentilis i

No, this is culta, gentilis is more west and stops where the Rockies end, and gentilis has a patch of black setae next to the lower black spot on the face and the upper spot on the head is circular in gentilis and rectangular in culta...

… Martin Hauser, 4 August, 2009 - 5:44pm

Okay, great to know! Foote an

Okay, great to know! Foote and Blanc gives the range of P. gentilis as being east to Kansas. Actually, Foote and Blanc indicate that the patch of stiff black hairs on the gena is present in P. genalis and absent in P. gentilis. So now I'm confused.

… Dennis Haines, 4 August, 2009 - 6:14pm

thanks + question

It seems pretty likely that any additional Paracantha I photo around here would also be culta then? Thanks for your help with all the pics.

… Andrew Williams, 4 August, 2009 - 5:51pm

most should be culta, there i

most should be culta, there is an outside chance that cultaris could be found in KS...

… Martin Hauser, 4 August, 2009 - 5:54pm

on MO border

I'm on the Missouri border if that makes a difference? Guess it depends if cultaris is more western or eastern.

… Andrew Williams, 4 August, 2009 - 6:02pm

cultaris is a western species

cultaris is a western species, the most eastern records are from central KS and western TX, so this makes it more likely that they are all culta! forficula is in FL; genalis and gentilis are western...

… Martin Hauser, 4 August, 2009 - 6:11pm

thanks for the help

Very much appreciated.
This ID makes sense geographically. Saw this one on two surrounding states map data. Looks like this might be the first Kansan for BG.

… Andrew Williams, 24 July, 2009 - 10:38am