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 Anthomyiidae. Fly from Guatemala
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| Stephen |
Posted on 20-01-2013 18:48
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
El Hato, Guatemala, 1 October 2012. Mixed forest and coffee plantations. Length: 4.5 mm to apex of abdomen; 6.0 mm to apex of wing. Anthomyidae? Tachinidae? Stephen attached the following image:  [90.43Kb] Edited by Stephen on 22-01-2013 22:37 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 20-01-2013 18:48
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
View two.
Stephen attached the following image:  [143.55Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 20-01-2013 18:49
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Third view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [120.61Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 20-01-2013 19:24
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Anthomyidae 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 22-01-2013 21:56
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Interesting (not collected..?) I don't know nothing about the Anthomyiidae from Guatemala, probable Pegomya.. It has the lower calypter larger than upper one ( maybe geniculata group). Change the title to bring it to the attention of Ackland. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-01-2013 12:10
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you javanerkelens, I have changed the title!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 23-01-2013 13:12
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
It could be an Anthomyia species ( thorax markings look like this). Or Pegomya, or even Eutrichota. Guatemala is little known re Anthomyiidae, perhaps a Mexican described species. Can't say from a photo, need details of thoracic and leg chaetotaxy, and male genitalia. It could even be undescribed. I don't think any anthos have been described or recorded from Guatemala. Should have caught a specimen! Can I detect some fine hairs on the sclerite (proepisternum) just behind the head? In which case it is Anthomyia. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 23-01-2013 22:36
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you Michael, and Chris and javanerkelens. I am attaching one more photo but I'm not sure the resolution is good enough. I don't see any fine hairs on what I think is the proepisternum.
Stephen attached the following image:  [65.99Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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