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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Tephritis group » Trupanea » Trupanea wheeleri
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Unknown Fly - Trupanea wheeleri - female
Copyright © 2013 Gary McDonald

Unknown Fly - Trupanea wheeleri - Female
1.6 mi. N. of Antelope Fire Control Station, Willow Springs, San Benito County, California, USA
May 20, 2013
Size: 3.8mm length.

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Unknown Fly - Trupanea wheeleri - female Unknown Fly - Trupanea wheeleri - female Unknown Fly - Trupanea wheeleri - female
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 21 May, 2013 - 5:16pm
Last updated 3 April, 2018 - 12:48pm

Moved
Moved from Trupanea vicina.
… Martin Hauser, 23 May, 2013 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin!
.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 May, 2013 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to both
Martin & Ron for getting the correct ID on this guy.
… Gary McDonald, 24 May, 2013 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Gary McDonald, 21 May, 2013 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

Trupanea vicina, female
Note wing pattern
… Ron Hemberger, 21 May, 2013 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ron
for the species ID.
… Gary McDonald, 21 May, 2013 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
My pleasure, Gary
This is a nicely shot series that may help others self-ID.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 May, 2013 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ron
I just finished looking at Foote & Blanc, 1963. For T. wheeleri they say: "No other species of Trupanea having a narrow dark ray from the stigma to vein m has as extensive a dark streak on vein M3+cu1--this area of infuscation extends from the base of the vein to its midpoint or beyond". It looks to me like my specimen has the "extensive dark streak on vein M3+Cu1". If so, then my guy would be T. wheeleri, I think. In addition, looking at the distribution maps in Foote & Blanc, 1963, T. vincina appears to occur mostly in southern California, while T. wheeleri occurs in San Benito county, which is where I found my guy. Of course, ranges may have changed significantly since 1963. What do you think?
… Gary McDonald, 22 May, 2013 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

 
I based my ID strictly on observation.
Gary, I'm no scientist and don't know from parts. I do know the wings on yours match the sample provided and that T. wheeleri is different. See this example, IDed by Martin Hauser:

Hope this helps; it's as far as I can take it. Note that Foote published a book in 1993, referenced on the Info pages of both species.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 May, 2013 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

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