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Bombyliid from Nicaragua. No, Lauxaniidae or Tephritoidea
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Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 17:22
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
In the mountains, northern Nicaragua near Matagalpa, 6 January 2011. Length 4.3 mm to apex of abdomen.
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John Carr |
Posted on 12-01-2013 17:30
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Not Bombyliidae. Wing pattern suggests Tephritoidea. |
rvanderweele |
Posted on 12-01-2013 18:00
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Member Location: Zoelmond, the Netherlands Posts: 1984 Joined: 01.11.06 |
or Ulidiidae???
ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-01-2013 22:12
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Could even be Lauxaniidae.
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John Carr |
Posted on 12-01-2013 22:41
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In Lauxaniidae Trypetisoma has similar wing markings, but there are only a few species and none of them has those wing markings. |
Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 23:07
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here is a crop of the wing.
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Stephen |
Posted on 12-01-2013 23:13
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here is a crop giving detail of the head and body.
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John Carr |
Posted on 13-01-2013 01:30
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
There is a curved vein off R4+5 in the left wing that nearly meets M. Two neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae have a straight crossvein in that position.
Edited by John Carr on 13-01-2013 01:31 |
Stephen |
Posted on 14-01-2013 12:56
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you John, Ruud, and Paul!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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