Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Papua, which family?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-04-2025 19:59
#1
About 4 mm, from 3350 m asl.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-04-2025 20:00
#2
other view
Posted by Jan Willem on 24-04-2025 20:35
#3
Could t be Sciomyzidae?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 25-04-2025 09:21
#4
Jan, Sciomyzid is my family. This fly is not.
Posted by Jan Willem on 12-05-2025 13:16
#5
Hi Nikita,
Do you have any idea yet to which family this specimen belongs?
I'm curious about the outcome.
Posted by Jan Maca on 12-05-2025 15:25
#6
I think that a new picture illustrating the costal break (or its non-existence) would be helpful to lure further determinators.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-05-2025 20:08
#7
1+2 dc, costal break seems absent, arista isn't apical as it looks on photo.
My best idea - some Lauxaniid.
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-05-2025 20:08
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-05-2025 20:11
#8
There are other crazy Lauxaniid like
https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=9391 or https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=9659
Posted by Jan Willem on 12-05-2025 20:47
#9
Lauxaniidae seems like a good option now you mention it!
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-05-2025 09:56
#10
As soon as we have family, it is possible to suppose that it is
Cerataulina longicornis Hendel, 1907
Hendel, 1907 - Neue und interessante Dipteren aus dem kaiserl. Museum in Wien. - Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 26(7-9): 236-237
Posted by Jan Willem on 13-05-2025 14:47
#11
According to the original description of
Cerataulina longicornis, the antennae are yellowish. Doesn't seem to fit.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-05-2025 18:23
#12
Jan, I have to agree that it isn't Cerataulina longicornis Hendel, 1907. There is synonym of it: Calliclypeus boettcheri Frey, 1927 and there is drawing of it in Genera Insectorum 68, Taf. 2, Figs 37-39.
At least it is similar, thus it is Lauxaniid.
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-05-2025 18:27
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-05-2025 18:28
#13
Genera Insectorum 68, Taf. 2, Figs 37
Posted by Jan Willem on 14-05-2025 06:19
#14
Hi Nikita,
The placement of the arista is different. I hope you will be able to find out more about this interesting looking specimen.