Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Willistoniella ? (Rompalomeridae)
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| Stephen |
Posted on 16-11-2010 12:45
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Is this a Willistoniella sp.? 14 May 2009 Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras, clearing in cloud forest habitat Several were present, some feeding on fruit Stephen attached the following image:  [111.82Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 16-11-2010 12:48
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Another view. I didn't record the size; maybe the little Drosophilid in the other photo will give an idea of scale. Willistoniella sp.? Stephen attached the following image:  [75.58Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-11-2010 13:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think so ... they're certainly both Ropalomeridae and they look like the ones that I have keyed to Willistoniella in the past - the face profile certainly fits the figures in Prado (1963)  There are some keys available on the web if you Google about but genitalia are required for a species-level ID. Let me know if you'd like me to email them over
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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