{"id":1343,"date":"2020-08-01T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2022-06-04T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T16:12:25","slug":"dinera-grisescens-vs-solieria-females","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/dinera-grisescens-vs-solieria-females\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinera grisescens vs Solieria females"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a confusion pair that I have wanted to separate for a while because they can be a bit tricky because they both have brown-dusted bodies and 2 pairs of scutellar bristles. But it looks like the distinction breaks down as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinera grisescens<\/strong><\/td>Solieria pacifica (but possibly all Solieria spp.)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Median vein meets the wing edge at vein r4+5 or making a very short petiole by touching r4+5<\/td>Wing cell R5 open<\/td><\/tr>
m-cu at almost the same angle as the median vein after the bend<\/td>m-cu at very different angles to the median vein after the bend<\/td><\/tr>
Tergite 1+2 usually without median marginals <\/td>Tergite 1+2 median marginals always present<\/td><\/tr>
Antenna 3 much shorter than the gena <\/td>Antenna 3 as long as or longer than the gena <\/td><\/tr>
Parafacial much wider than the width of antenna 3<\/td>Parafacial narrower or as wide as the width of antenna 3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n