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 French Guianan fly (Ulidiidae)
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 23:48
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Here is a photo from Stéphane Brule in French Guiana. Could anyone say which family it belongs to - or any more information? 
ChrisR attached the following image:  [59.79Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 27-02-2011 09:03 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 27-02-2011 00:04
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
Most likely totally wrong, but I had to think of Ulidiidae
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 27-02-2011 00:25
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It reminds me of Chaetopsis, moderately common in North America. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 27-02-2011 00:43
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Wow - those Chaetopsis really do look very similar - thanks
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 27-02-2011 07:07
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Unfortunately, it can be either Chaetopsis major, an Euxesta or a few other genera: no key characters are visible. There are thirteen described species of Chaetopsis, eight of which occur in North America, southward to Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico; five species are known from southern Brazil and Argentina. The only Central American species, C. major (Wulp), recorded from Mexico, USA, El Salvador (Steyskal, 1968) and Nicaragua (Painter, 1955), is represented also by material from Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica (Kameneva, 2004a). Val |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 27-02-2011 09:03
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thanks Valery - I have amended it to just "Ulidiidae"
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 09-04-2011 23:21
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10650 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Is Chaetopsis major the current combination for Euxesta major van der Wulp or are they distinct species? |
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