Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliid from Nicaragua. No, Lauxaniidae or Tephritoidea

Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 16:22
#1
In the mountains, northern Nicaragua near Matagalpa, 6 January 2011. Length 4.3 mm to apex of abdomen.
Edited by Stephen on 13-01-2013 11:51

Posted by John Carr on 12-01-2013 16:30
#2
Not Bombyliidae. Wing pattern suggests Tephritoidea.

Posted by rvanderweele on 12-01-2013 17:00
#3
or Ulidiidae???

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2013 21:12
#4
Could even be Lauxaniidae. Grin

Posted by John Carr on 12-01-2013 21:41
#5
In Lauxaniidae Trypetisoma has similar wing markings, but there are only a few species and none of them has those wing markings.

Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 22:07
#6
Here is a crop of the wing.
Edited by Stephen on 12-01-2013 22:13

Posted by Stephen on 12-01-2013 22:13
#7
Here is a crop giving detail of the head and body.

Posted by John Carr on 13-01-2013 00:30
#8
There is a curved vein off R4+5 in the left wing that nearly meets M. Two neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae have a straight crossvein in that position.
Edited by John Carr on 13-01-2013 00:31

Posted by Stephen on 14-01-2013 11:56
#9
Thank-you John, Ruud, and Paul!