Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cannot "guess" the family of this (French Guiana)

Posted by Bernard Perthuis on 23-02-2025 19:01
#1

Ouups...
I am not able to guess what it is !
General shape and habitus is a bit like Chaetopsis (Ulidiidae) but......
Seen once on a lighted wall in Kourou, French Guiana (neotropical).

Edited by Bernard Perthuis on 25-02-2025 21:39

Posted by John Carr on 23-02-2025 19:23
#2

Probably Ulidiidae. Some tropical Platystomatidae also look like this, e.g. Senopterina.

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 24-02-2025 00:12
#3

It looks to be a species from Ulidiidae Lipsanini Chaetopsis-Amethysa group of genera rather than Senopterina. However, neither Elena nor I cannot tell anything more, as neither wing venation nor pattern can be recognized. Sorry.

Posted by Bernard Perthuis on 25-02-2025 21:39
#4

Yes, I think you're right. Thank you.