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Conopidae from Chile. ID Please
Roden
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Posted on 23-11-2016 18:05
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I can not identify this fly.
Could you help me?


2.bp.blogspot.com/-yYZLZQ2JoAI/WD9Y9GKQM0I/AAAAAAAAB2U/1szl8tIsKW0if7GtckOgc3CQfpoTEkN-ACLcB/s1600/Mosca%2BMyopa%2Bmetallica.jpg
Edited by Roden on 30-11-2016 23:56
 
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Always mention locality and date.

Theo
 
Roden
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Sorry. The image is recent and taken in the Atacama desert coast, northern Chile.
Edited by Roden on 24-11-2016 05:42
 
Paul Beuk
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I suggest Conopidae
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Roden
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Thank you, Paul.
 
Gerard Pennards
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Change the title to 'Conopidae from Chile', so you'll attract the attention of Jens-Hermann Stuke, he's the Conopidae expert.
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
 
Roden
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Thank you, very much, Gerard.
 
Roden
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Could be Myopa metallica Camras? It is the only Chilean species.
 
John Carr
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Roden wrote:
Could be Myopa metallica Camras? It is the only Chilean species.


It is similar to the type specimen: http://collection...ue/3130524. I don't know if the Myopinae of Chile are well enough known to rule out a related undescribed species.
 
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In reality they have not been studied John, therefore, it can not be asserted that it is not something new, in a locality 1000 kilometers to the north. However, I understand that there are no more Myopa species registered in the Neotropical region, so it may also be the same, I think.
Thank you.
 
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In fact Myope metallica is the only species that is known from South America with the exception of three Myopa species that are known from Mexico. There are only the type specimens published of M. metallica so far. I donnot see any reason to doubt that it the fly on the photo is in fact M. metallica and I would propose to publish this interesting record.

Jens-Hermann
 
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Roden
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jhstuke wrote:
I donnot see any reason to doubt that it the fly on the photo is in fact M. metallica and I would propose to publish this interesting record.

Jens-Hermann



Is it possible to publish a new distribution record with photos like this one? Or must there be a specimen collected?
Edited by Roden on 29-11-2016 18:32
 
jhstuke
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I donnot see any reason not to publish the record with a photo - if there will be a split of Myopa metallica in the future everyone can easily look at the photo and decide whether it can still be identified as metallica or not. I would be more restrained if we would know now several similar species that are difficult to distinguish.
 
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Roden
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Could you suggest where to send the publication?
 
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No idea - you should choose a journal that prints the photo in colour.

 
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May we post it in the conopid group on Facebook? BTW it belongs in the gallery of diptera.info as well. Amazing fly!
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rvanderweele wrote:
May we post it in the conopid group on Facebook?


Ruud, I send you a email.
 
John Carr
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This fly is featured in

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, and Laura Pañinao Monsálvez. 2017. First record of Myopa metallica Camras, 1992 (Diptera: Conopidae: Myopinae) in northern Chile after 46 years: a case study of the success of citizen science programs. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5(13)

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