Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pretty fly from the Chaco, Paraguay. Tabanidae, no, Stratiomyidae

Posted by Stephen on 13-12-2012 14:29
#1
Chaco habitat, 12 km south of Filadelfia, along the Trans-Chaco highway, Paraguay. 29 November 2012.

Length: 10 mm. Tabanidae?
Edited by Stephen on 14-12-2012 17:49

Posted by Stephen on 13-12-2012 14:30
#2
Second view.

Posted by piros on 13-12-2012 16:35
#3
Looks like Stratiomyidae to me.

Regards,

Henrik

Posted by tristram on 14-12-2012 13:27
#4
I was going to ask if any Stratiomyiidae had banded eyes but then I came across these two in the gallery:
http://www.dipter...to_id=1199
http://www.dipter...to_id=1951

Posted by Stephen on 14-12-2012 17:12
#5
Henrik, Tristram, thanks very much. Maybe a Hermetia sp.?

Posted by ChrisR on 14-12-2012 17:46
#6
It doesn't really have the look of Hermetia - better change the title to see if you can attract Martin Hauser Smile

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-12-2012 18:29
#7
Cyphomyia or closely related genus

Posted by Maddin on 07-08-2014 01:25
#8
This is a female of Chorodonta inermis. Awesome fly!