Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Stylogaster (was: French Guiana 01)
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-02-2009 01:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I don't seriously expect an identification for this one (just a bit of fun) but it is one of my favourite flies so far in my latest batch of material from FG. At first I thought it was a phasiine tachinid but it appears to lack any calyptrae a it doesn't have a subscutellum. My current thought is perhaps that it is a conopid of some kind but the abdomen is an odd shape for a conopid. It certainly isn't a bombylid because the venation is wrong for the larger brachycera. It has the most wonderful long, hinged proboscis  So, what do you think? Location: Mtn. de Kaw, French Guiana, South America Date: VIII 2008 Coll: Jean A. Cerda (Malaise trap) Habitat: primary rainforest ChrisR attached the following image:  [93.91Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 11-02-2009 19:46 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-02-2009 01:39
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
dorsal view...
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-02-2009 08:21
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Conopidae: Stylogaster sp. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylogaster Edited by Paul Beuk on 10-02-2009 08:22 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-02-2009 10:54
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks Paul - fascinating - I really didn't think we would get a genus for this fly Next I wonder who can identify these to species?!  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 10-02-2009 22:25
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7344 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think Ken Smith used to work on these at the BM, so hopefully the collections there can help.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 11-02-2009 02:33
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Spectacular Stylogaster! |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 11-02-2009 11:24
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I did a bit of Googling and found that Dr. Sidney Camras seems to be working on them so I will try to get in touch and see if they are interesting ... watch this space!  |
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