Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Neotropical muscid (=Lauxaniidae?)

Posted by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 14:34
#1

This is another French Guianan fly with a nice mottled wing pattern. Is it a muscid?

Edited by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 16:13

Posted by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 14:34
#2

another angle...

Posted by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 14:34
#3

another angle...

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-05-2009 15:01
#4

No, Chris, it is Acalyptrata, near Lauxaniidae

Posted by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 15:16
#5

Thanks Nikita - I should have spotted that! :)

Posted by Steve Gaimari on 14-05-2009 19:51
#6

Yes, this is a lauxaniid - in the genus Setulina. From what I can see, it is consistent with Setulina geminata, but that is not verifiable by a photo.

Posted by ChrisR on 14-05-2009 19:56
#7

Thanks Steve - if you'd like to have it I can include it with the batch of strats I am sending to Martin... ?

Posted by Steve Gaimari on 14-05-2009 20:12
#8

Sure - always interested in lauxaniids!

Posted by ChrisR on 15-05-2009 00:41
#9

No problem - it'll be in the box Martin gets in the next few weeks :)