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 Small Nicaragua fly, what family?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-01-2011 00:50
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3.1 mm to the rear of the wings. Matagalpa Province, Nicaragua, 1000 meters elevation, 4 January 2011. Resting on a leaf, cloud forest. I would love to know even the family! Stephen attached the following image:  [97.87Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 22-01-2011 12:06
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My notes say that this little fly was walking sideways, backwards, and forewards, with equal skill in all three. It was found on the top of a very large leaf near a very small strream.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 22-01-2011 13:37
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Dear Stephen Do you have another angle? special wings? Maybe better about its identification by experts! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 22-01-2011 16:23
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Thanks, Sara. Unfortunately I got only two images of the fly and the angle of the second photo is only a little different from the angle of the first. But here it is.
Stephen attached the following image:  [39.74Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 22-01-2011 19:34
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Perhaps Asteiidae...
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| Keith Bayless |
Posted on 27-01-2011 23:51
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This is Stenomicra sp., in either Aulacigastridae, Periscelldidae, or Stenomicridae (Diptera.org says Periscelididae). These flies are fairly common moving about in the fashion you describe on large leaves in Neotropical rain forests. Here is a blog post Isaac Winkler wrote about this genus a short while ago which includes a video of their locomotory behavior. http://blog.insec...rg/?p=2233 Edited by Keith Bayless on 27-01-2011 23:52 |
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