Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Peruvian Amazon marsh fly (Sciomyzidae) ID ?
Posted by pbertner on 17-07-2010 12:00
#1
Found in Manu national park, Southern Peruvian Amazonian lowlands around an oxbow lake.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-07-2010 12:02
#2
I MUST SAY:
WOWW1!!!!! You just made my day!!! WHAT a fantastic fly!! Please, collect!! Yes, Sciomyzidae. :| Just wow!
Maybe Nikita will tell you the genus.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 17-07-2010 12:07
Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-07-2010 14:23
#3
Sepedon?
Posted by pbertner on 18-07-2010 05:58
#4
Thanks Paul, a good starting point! Definitely some of the most colourful flies that I saw out there! Next trip hopefully I'll get some collecting in.
Paul