Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Bombyliid from Nicaragua. No, Lauxaniidae or Tephritoidea
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 16:22
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
In the mountains, northern Nicaragua near Matagalpa, 6 January 2011. Length 4.3 mm to apex of abdomen.
Stephen attached the following image:  [194.46Kb] Edited by Stephen on 13-01-2013 11:51 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 12-01-2013 16:30
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Not Bombyliidae. Wing pattern suggests Tephritoidea. |
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 12-01-2013 17:00
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
or Ulidiidae???
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-01-2013 21:12
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Could even be Lauxaniidae. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 12-01-2013 21:41
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10463 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In Lauxaniidae Trypetisoma has similar wing markings, but there are only a few species and none of them has those wing markings. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 22:07
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Here is a crop of the wing.
Stephen attached the following image:  [56.71Kb] Edited by Stephen on 12-01-2013 22:13 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 22:13
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Here is a crop giving detail of the head and body.
Stephen attached the following image:  [99.15Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-01-2013 00:30
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There is a curved vein off R4+5 in the left wing that nearly meets M. Two neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae have a straight crossvein in that position.
Edited by John Carr on 13-01-2013 00:31 |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 14-01-2013 11:56
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you John, Ruud, and Paul!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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