Revision of the European Delia pruinosa species group (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) feeding as larvae in seed capsules of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae)
Author
Michelsen, Verner
text
Zootaxa
2012
3434
31
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282060
bdc3cb09-38b2-4f2b-abb4-e002e5e53ffe
1175-5326
282060
5.
Delia
sp. indet. A
Figs. 43–44
.
Description.
Male.
Unknown.
Female.
Segment V (terminal segment of preabdomen) more or less extended, two-thirds to fully as long as preceding part of preabdomen. Oviscapt (
Fig. 43
) very long and slender, 1.5–2.0 times as long as preabdomen when fully extended. Hypoproct (
Fig. 44
) longer than wide, covered in cuticular pubescence.
Material examined.
SPAIN
[
ZMUC
]: Lerida: Capdella, 1Ƥ
7.vii.1981
(V. Michelsen);
SWITZERLAND
[
ZMUC
]:
Wallis
: Saas-Fee,
2000–2200m
, 2Ƥ
21.vii.1965
(O. Lomholdt).
Distribution.
Spain
,
Switzerland
.
Remarks.
The dimensions of the oviscapt in the present species suggest that its host plant has very extended petal stalks making the tubular entrance to the seed capsule both long and narrow.