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 Chilean Sphaeroceridae
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| dllavaneras |
Posted on 25-09-2017 03:49
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Member Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 13 Joined: 23.07.14 |
I found this fly almost at ground level under a shrub. It looked and walked like the hippoboscids I've seen in the tropics, but Diptera isn't my strong suit and I'm still unfamiliar with Chilean flies. Any chance of an ID? Rio Clarillo National Reserve (Metropolitan region), 23.ix.2017 dllavaneras attached the following image:  [285.79Kb] Edited by dllavaneras on 27-09-2017 02:46 |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 25-09-2017 06:52
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Sphaeroceridae more likely.
Stephane. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-09-2017 07:43
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18529 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Definitely not Hippoboscidae. Theo |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2017 08:18
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Yes, family Sphaeroceridae was what came to my mind at once  Because of the antennae and head's shape, and because what can be seen of the venation points out towards subfamily Copromyzidae.However, I am totally unfamiliar with Chilean flies so I would suggest some searching in that direction. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 25-09-2017 09:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks very like Maculantrops hirtipes, as illustrated in Steve Marshall's book "Flies"
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 25-09-2017 11:25
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Tony Irwin wrote: Looks very like Maculantrops hirtipes, as illustrated in Steve Marshall's book "Flies" Subfamily Archiborborinae, at least. If it looks like Copromyzinae but is found in South America, it's probably Archiborborinae. |
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| dllavaneras |
Posted on 27-09-2017 02:46
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Member Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 13 Joined: 23.07.14 |
Superb, thank you all! This is my first sphaerocerid. |
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but don't see the image in the post.