Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae? from lowland rainforest, Ecuador
Posted by pbertner on 05-07-2011 22:08
#1
Hopefully looking for an Id. for these guys. With their wings folded over to contour their bodies, are these mimicking beetles?
Thanks for your comments,
Paul
Posted by Keith Bayless on 06-07-2011 01:41
#2
There aren't very many neotropical platystomatids. This is more likely a ulidiid along the lines of
Stictomyia sp. Yes, flies like these with bent wings are often considered to be mimicking beetles.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 06-07-2011 09:21
#3
Certainly not a Ulidiidae. I'd say, an ephydrid or a lauxaniid, judging from its arista.
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 06-07-2011 09:22
Posted by Keith Bayless on 07-07-2011 03:42
#4
Interesting! I wonder what it is, then. Maybe Gaimari would know.
Posted by pbertner on 07-07-2011 23:05
#5
Thanks Guys, I guess an ID still up for grabs
Posted by Steve Gaimari on 08-07-2011 22:13
#6
Like Valery said, this looks likely to be an ephydrid. It's not a lauxaniid (as much as I'd like it to be!).
-Steve
Edited by Steve Gaimari on 08-07-2011 22:14
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 18-02-2021 15:52
#7
If anyone is still interested, that's
Notacanthina pendicornis (Cresson, 1934), Ephydridae (Gymnomyzinae, Gastropini), these very photos were used in Zatwarnicki & Hagenlund, 2017 (Annales Zoologici, 67(4): 837-858)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-02-2021 16:09
#8
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