Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odd-looking fly from Guyana
Posted by Stephen on 02-07-2013 16:11
#1
18 May 2013, along the Rewa River, Rupununi River system, Guyana. In the rain forest as the rainy season was beginning.
Posted by Stephen on 02-07-2013 16:15
#2
Another view.
Posted by Stephen on 02-07-2013 16:15
#3
Another view.
Posted by Stephen on 02-07-2013 16:16
#4
Another view.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2013 16:16
#5
Richardiidae, perhaps?
Posted by Mark-uk on 02-07-2013 16:49
#6
I think this is
Thecomyia (Sciomyzidae)
Try Marinoni,Steyskal & Knutson, 2003, Zootaxa 191: 1-36?
Posted by Stephen on 08-07-2013 19:09
#7
Thank-you Paul and Mark. Searching on Sciomyzidae and Thecomyia I found this fly IDd as Sciomyzidae (the location was French Guiana):
http://www.dipter...pid=162143
Posted by Mark-uk on 08-07-2013 20:42
#8
The line drawing
Thecomyia on page 1017 of Manual of Central American Diptera vol 2 is a
very good likeness for all of these
Edited by Mark-uk on 08-07-2013 20:44
Posted by Stephen on 08-07-2013 21:09
#9
Oh, nice, thank-you Mark! And the four traits given for the genus on page 1023 seem to match too.