Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ecuadorian wasp-mimicking fruit flies (Neoidiotypa?)
Posted by pbertner on 21-08-2024 00:25
#1
Found in Río Bigal reserve ~800M, just under cloud forest in Ecuador. Found during the day
Thanks for any help with the ID,
Paul
Edited by pbertner on 26-08-2024 18:58
Posted by Tony Irwin on 21-08-2024 10:59
#2
I'm not an expert in either family, but I wonder whether this might be one of the wasp-mimicking Tephritidae, rather than a syrphid?
Posted by John Carr on 21-08-2024 14:11
#3
Some Tephritoidea. I think I see the subcosta bent at a right angle as in Tephritidae.
Posted by pbertner on 26-08-2024 18:59
#4
Thanks Tony and John, tentatively IDed as the Tephritid (Neoidiotypa sp.).
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 26-08-2024 19:24
#5
In Kenya, Kakamega Forest, occurs a similar robust platystomatid which in addition has wings folded exactly as Vespidae. m.tschirnhaus@uni-bielefeld.de
Edited by von Tschirnhaus on 26-08-2024 19:25