Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliid from Nicaragua. No, Lauxaniidae or Tephritoidea
Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 17:22
#1
In the mountains, northern Nicaragua near Matagalpa, 6 January 2011. Length 4.3 mm to apex of abdomen.
Edited by Stephen on 13-01-2013 12:51
Posted by John Carr on 12-01-2013 17:30
#2
Not Bombyliidae. Wing pattern suggests Tephritoidea.
Posted by rvanderweele on 12-01-2013 18:00
#3
or Ulidiidae???
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2013 22:12
#4
Could even be Lauxaniidae. :D
Posted by John Carr on 12-01-2013 22:41
#5
In Lauxaniidae
Trypetisoma has similar wing markings, but there are only a few species and none of them has those wing markings.
Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 23:07
#6
Here is a crop of the wing.
Edited by Stephen on 12-01-2013 23:13
Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 23:13
#7
Here is a crop giving detail of the head and body.
Posted by John Carr on 13-01-2013 01:30
#8
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
Posted by Stephen on 14-01-2013 12:56
#9
Thank-you John, Ruud, and Paul!