Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chilean dipteran

Posted by Roden on 06-07-2015 01:12
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Your assistance in identifying , please. Diptera found in Oxalis flowers , coastal mountain range , northern Chile .


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Posted by John Carr on 06-07-2015 02:59
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With that wing and proboscis it must be Bombyliidae, one of the lower bee flies without strongly curved R veins. The head is odd. Possibly we do not have the genus in temperate North America.

Posted by Roden on 07-07-2015 12:41
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Thank you, John. Apparently, it is something new.