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Diptera or winged ant ??
Alvesgaspar
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Posted on 02-10-2007 14:55
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This is a small insect less than 5 mm long who never stoped waving the wings. It looks like a winged ant, except for the head and eyes. I really don't know in which category I should put it ...

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Joaquim Gaspar
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With 2 wings plus haltares and with antennae like that it has to be Diptera. Possibly Sepsidae?
 
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Thank you, Chris ! Could it be a Australosepsis sp. ?

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Well, I know next to nothing about Sepsidae so I am the wrong person to ask but the name sounds like it should be an Australasian genus, and I can't find that genus in a search of http://www.faunae... Smile
 
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