Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange fly #2 from CAR (Africa)
Posted by ChrisR on 05-04-2014 17:54
#1
Another African fly from Yves Braet - note the enlarged scutellum, like in Celyphidae
Edited by ChrisR on 05-04-2014 17:56
Posted by alepercol on 05-04-2014 23:06
#2
In my opinion a kind of Chloropidae, probably Oscinellinae.
Looks like some
Rhodesiella aff. I have seen in Neotropical R., although I have never seen a scutellum like that.
The wing with M1 bent anteriorly at crossvein dm-cu, cell bm narrow and punctate scutellum and notum are similar.
Posted by ChrisR on 06-04-2014 07:07
#3
Thanks - that's interesting because Yves had concluded that it was close to Chloropidae but wasn't sure whether he was correct.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 06-04-2014 08:21
#4
But the wing venation is absolutely chloropidous... or chloropidic... :)
Posted by Terry Wheeler on 03-05-2014 21:23
#5
It is indeed a chloropid. Genus
Nomba (African and Oriental) is characterized by this enlarged scutellum. Otherwise it is very similar to
Rhodesiella and may just represent a group of
R. species with a larger than usual scutellum.
Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2014 08:44
#6
Many thanks Terry, that's very interesting - I will pass it on to the collector if he hasn't read this thread already :)