Thread subject: Diptera.info :: California heleomyzid - Pseudoleria male? >>> Pseudoleria sp.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:36
#1
Hi all - I captured this 3-4 mm heleomyzid male in a pitfall trap in the Mojave desert in mid-October of this year. It seems to key pretty easily to Pseudoleria in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, but I was hoping someone could confirm or correct my ID? Thanks!

Ken Schneider
San Francisco, CA
Edited by kschnei1000 on 29-11-2021 02:24

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:46
#2
Face. Sorry, having trouble adding photos, hopefully not posting many duplicates...

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:48
#3
Lateral head.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:49
#4
Wing.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:51
#5
Lateral thorax - anepimeron/pteropleuron with prominent bristles.
Edited by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:52

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:54
#6
Mid tibia with several apical bristles, but no proximal bristles.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:56
#7
Scutum.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:57
#8
Prosternum appears bare.

Posted by kschnei1000 on 26-11-2021 17:59
#9
Basitarsus with small protuberance distally, mentioned in Gill 1962 for Pseudoleria.

Posted by Andrzej on 26-11-2021 20:48
#10
Yes! It is!

Posted by kschnei1000 on 29-11-2021 02:24
#11
Andrzej wrote:
Yes! It is!


Thanks Andrzej!