Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Condylostylus cf. sipho? Austrosciapus proximus? Chrysosoma?

Posted by Isidro on 20-10-2023 09:50
#1
All these dolichopodids looks like so similar!
Running fast and endless over leaves of castor oil plant
Baños de Agua Santa, Andes of Ecuador
6-7 mm

i.ibb.co/VL4y949/P1550320-4-10-23-Ba-os-de-Agua-Santa.jpg
i.ibb.co/nLQfgcz/P1550321-4-10-23-Ba-os-de-Agua-Santa.jpg

Posted by John Carr on 20-10-2023 15:01
#2
Condylostylus

There are hundreds of species in South America.

Posted by Isidro on 20-10-2023 23:26
#3
Thanks! Too many possibilities with this wing pattern, I guess?

Posted by John Carr on 21-10-2023 20:43
#4
Isidro wrote:
Thanks! Too many possibilities with this wing pattern, I guess?


This wing pattern is common.

In North America about 4 of 40 species have the combination of entirely black legs and strongly marked wings. Several more have legs with some yellow and strongly marked wings.

Posted by Isidro on 21-10-2023 21:02
#5
What a shame, it seems really unidentifiable :(