Fruit Fly - Pseudotephritis approximata

wonderful! thanks all for straightening this up

… v belov, 29 October, 2012 - 2:01am

Super duper...

what fun to check my emails this morning and discover that one of my postings has a new identity...and for bonus points...first image of the species on bugguide. Now that's quite a start to the day! Many thanks to all!

… Betsy Betros, 29 October, 2012 - 8:17am

ID confirmed by V.A. Korneyev

Moved from Tephritoidea.

… v belov, 21 March, 2012 - 10:06pm

Not approximata?

The paper he coauthored(1) calls this wing P. approximata, a species we have not recognized on BugGuide.

… John F. Carr, 28 October, 2012 - 7:06pm

i'll ask him to revisit

… v belov, 28 October, 2012 - 7:25pm

Mea culpa! John is absolutely

Mea culpa! John is absolutely right, I must revisit my own texts from time to time. Yellow leaves of ageing in my head.
Yes, indeed, it is P. approximata, and I feel a bit stupid.

… Valery A. Korneyev, 29 October, 2012 - 1:55am

thanks!

I was just looking at my image of this fly earlier this evening and hoping wistfully that an ID would be coming...and wow...logged back on a couple hours later and there it is! many thanks to V.A. Korneyev!

… Betsy Betros, 21 March, 2012 - 11:16pm

happy to help, Betsy

Was quite an adventure, too: I asked him to check the pic out, he told me he's working in an Australian museum where BugGuide is blocked (for reasons beyond comprehension), then we discussed matters unrelated for a few more days --before it finally dawned upon me what it was all about in the first place, and I twisted his arm some more...

… v belov, 21 March, 2012 - 11:34pm

Wow...

now that is truly quite a story to get an ID on a fly! What great fun! Bugguide folks sure go to great lengths to ID critters...many many thanks!

… Betsy Betros, 21 March, 2012 - 11:39pm

chatting with colleagues is both fun and learning

but yes, sometimes it takes a lot of e-mails and frustration to squeeze a name out of a busy scholar ))))

… v belov, 22 March, 2012 - 12:01am

Very very very

much appreciated!

… Betsy Betros, 22 March, 2012 - 12:07am

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2012 - 4:44pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

I agree it could be Pseudotephritis vau.

… John F. Carr, 28 September, 2011 - 2:43pm

picture-winged fly

Wait for the experts, but possibly Pseudotephritis vau.

… Rose L, 28 September, 2011 - 2:02pm