Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID Requested

Posted by victorengel on 14-04-2021 04:16
#1
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Nemotelus sp.? The eyes suggest a male, but bugguide states that males also have more white than females. I see no white on this individual.

Austin, Texas, USA
Edited by victorengel on 14-04-2021 14:00

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-04-2021 07:32
#2
Where is it from...?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-04-2021 11:40
#3
Assuming it's northern hemisphere, then Nemotelus nigrinus seems likely

Posted by victorengel on 14-04-2021 14:00
#4
Sorry - forgot location - edited

Posted by victorengel on 03-07-2021 14:24
#5
I got a post that says bruesii because nigrinus has no R4. It doesn't look to me like any of the ones on BG, but maybe they are all females and this one is male.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-07-2021 14:41
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Yes, the other bruesii on BG are all females. I'm withdrawing my suggestion of nigrinus, as that species has a very narrow occipital band behind the eyes - your specimen has a deeper band between the eyes and the flat part of the occiput.