Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Australian Keroplatidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-01-2015 22:50
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Light trap, Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [53.12Kb] Edited by Graeme Cocks on 10-01-2015 03:55 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-01-2015 22:50
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [46.92Kb] |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 09-01-2015 22:51
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [53.13Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 10-01-2015 02:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10697 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Male Keroplatidae, possibly the same species you had in November. http://www.dipter...d_id=64459 It's a lot more likely to be identified with those fancy antennae intact. Reminds me of a species of American Chrysotus that was described based on a headless specimen. The head of the species was found later to have a distinctive male secondary sexual character, huge, reflective white palps. The genus Paul mentioned, Platyroptilon, is one of a few with pectinate antennae. Edited by John Carr on 10-01-2015 02:32 |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 10-01-2015 02:57
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks John. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 13-01-2015 11:20
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Well, that is definitely Platyroptilon and from what I can see it fits well with P. collessi, known from Queensland.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 13-01-2015 18:22
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks Paul, that's marvellous. I'll offer it up for the gallery. |
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