Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating flies, so different they seem like 2 different families

Posted by Stephen on 25-03-2019 21:55
#1
Wow, these are the same species? They look like two different families!

Guyana, along the Rupununi River, southern Guyana. 20 May 2013.

What do I have here?
Edited by Stephen on 25-03-2019 22:14

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-03-2019 16:21
#2
Both flies are Keroplatidae. They certainly look different but I have no idea if there might be sexual dimorphic species in Guyana...

Posted by Stephen on 26-03-2019 18:42
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Ah, only my second Keroplatid photo, the other one was at my house here in West Virginia, USA. Thank-you, Paul!

Posted by Stephen on 27-03-2019 22:16
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Family expert Rafaela Falaschi (from Brazil) states this is Keroplatinae, Orfeliini. Thank-you to her and to Paul.