Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dasypogoninae from mexico

Posted by josmal on 02-12-2011 08:10
#1

This specimen came to me into a loan of Holcocephala from USNM

Edited by josmal on 02-12-2011 08:12

Posted by Eric Fisher on 03-12-2011 01:39
#2

This is probably a Cophura sp. (very beat-up!). Check for the pair of 'Cophura spines' on the mid tibial apex.

Posted by josmal on 03-12-2011 01:54
#3

Hi Eric, the specimen is at USNM, It's very interest. I never seen it before.

Posted by josmal on 03-12-2011 02:10
#4

the antenna is different to Cophura, it's truth?

Posted by Eric Fisher on 03-12-2011 02:47
#5

How big was this specimen? If less than 15mm, it must be a Cophura (from Baja Calif.). Some Cophura have antennae just like your photo (most Cophura, however, do have antennae with a more tapered flagellum and style).

Posted by josmal on 03-12-2011 07:43
#6

Hi Eric,

This specimes was near one centimeter. I never had seen before this kind of antennae, maybe I dont recognize as Cophura