Posted by ChrisR on 26-02-2011 23:48
#1
Here is a photo from Stéphane Brule in French Guiana. Could anyone say which family it belongs to - or any more information? :)
Edited by ChrisR on 27-02-2011 09:03
Posted by rvanderweele on 27-02-2011 00:04
#2
Most likely totally wrong, but I had to think of Ulidiidae
Posted by John Carr on 27-02-2011 00:25
#3
It reminds me of
Chaetopsis, moderately common in North America.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 27-02-2011 07:07
#5
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).
Posted by John Carr on 09-04-2011 23:21
#7
Is
Chaetopsis major the current combination for
Euxesta major van der Wulp or are they distinct species?