Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Lauxanidae?

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 09-12-2011 23:09
#1

Could this be Lauxanidae?
Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-12-2011 16:30
#2

I cannot tell from this single image

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 11-12-2011 20:18
#3

Thanks Paul.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-12-2011 20:23
#4

Can you check the frons and see if the ocellar triangle is enlarged. It has a chloropid feel to it (though the few of the wing venation with the wings in this position are not immediately indicative of that family).

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 11-12-2011 20:59
#5

I would say the ocellar triangle is not enlarged, although I am not experianced in such features. However I have noticed there appears to be a break in the costa which Stephen Gaimari has told me means it is not a Lauxaniidae.