Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae? from lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Posted by pbertner on 05-07-2011 22:08
#1

Hopefully looking for an Id. for these guys. With their wings folded over to contour their bodies, are these mimicking beetles?

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Thanks for your comments,
Paul

Posted by Keith Bayless on 06-07-2011 01:41
#2

There aren't very many neotropical platystomatids. This is more likely a ulidiid along the lines of Stictomyia sp. Yes, flies like these with bent wings are often considered to be mimicking beetles.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 06-07-2011 09:21
#3

Certainly not a Ulidiidae. I'd say, an ephydrid or a lauxaniid, judging from its arista.

Edited by Nosferatumyia on 06-07-2011 09:22

Posted by Keith Bayless on 07-07-2011 03:42
#4

Interesting! I wonder what it is, then. Maybe Gaimari would know.

Posted by pbertner on 07-07-2011 23:05
#5

Thanks Guys, I guess an ID still up for grabs

Posted by Steve Gaimari on 08-07-2011 22:13
#6

Like Valery said, this looks likely to be an ephydrid. It's not a lauxaniid (as much as I'd like it to be!).
-Steve

Edited by Steve Gaimari on 08-07-2011 22:14

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 18-02-2021 15:52
#7

If anyone is still interested, that's Notacanthina pendicornis (Cresson, 1934), Ephydridae (Gymnomyzinae, Gastropini), these very photos were used in Zatwarnicki & Hagenlund, 2017 (Annales Zoologici, 67(4): 837-858)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-02-2021 16:09
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