Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae, Yucatan, Mexico

Posted by Paul Hoekstra on 06-06-2012 18:05
#1

I would like to know which species of Bombyliidae this is.

http://observado....w/55446488
observado.org/fotonew/3/2324383.jpg

thanks in advance Paul Hoekstra

Posted by Paul Hoekstra on 07-06-2012 02:59
#2

I now think it could be Hemipenthes curta or something related.
See the type specimen: http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=12654&-Find
and some information on Yucatan Bombyliidae: http://www.cicy.mx/Documentos/CICY/Sitios/Biodiversidad/pdfs/Cap4/38%20Bombyliidae.pdf