Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Curtonotidae from Guyana, Extremely Hunch-backed

Posted by Stephen on 25-10-2013 12:31
#1
19 May 2013, flooded forest along the Rewa River, Guyana. This was the only photo. I don't even know the family.
Edited by Stephen on 25-10-2013 22:54

Posted by Xespok on 25-10-2013 13:15
#2
Could belong to Curtonotidae.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-10-2013 13:32
#3
It is a Curtonotidae. Very likely a Curtonotum sp...

Posted by Auke on 23-11-2014 22:36
#4
I found something similar in Suriname: link. Apparently Curtonotum is the only neotropical genus of the family.

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