Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odd insect from Yucatan in Mexico

Posted by Stephen on 22-01-2015 12:12
#1

Can't figure this guy out. 16 December 2014, Quintana Roo, Yucatan. Tropical forest.

Length: 5 mm to wing apex.

ID help will be appreciated!

Edited by Stephen on 22-01-2015 12:13

Posted by Stephen on 22-01-2015 12:14
#2

Dorsal view.

Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 22-01-2015 13:43
#3

It looks like Hymenoptera to me, it is some kind of ant I think :)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-01-2015 16:50
#4

One thing I can rule out is ants (Formicidae), but I cannot tell you what it is. The wing venation is poorly visible in the fuscate wings. A collaegue of mine suspects some kind of bee but on a ccount of the wing venation I have some doubts because the venation seems to be rather reduced.