Thread subject: Diptera.info :: neat fly (Canadian); Family?

Posted by Tony T on 01-06-2007 22:56
#1

31 May 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 8mm
would appreciate an ID; new for me.

Posted by cosmln on 01-06-2007 22:58
#2

Conopidae...... maybe Myopa????
but this is all i can say.

cosmln

Edited by cosmln on 01-06-2007 22:58

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-06-2007 00:30
#3

i think in Sicus sp.

Posted by Tony T on 02-06-2007 03:27
#4

Thanks to you both. I'm happy knowing that it is a Conopid; Myopa seems a possibility with 14 spp. in NA; Sicus doesn't seem to occur in NA.

Posted by Zeegers on 02-06-2007 09:08
#5

It's a Myopa indeed, the gena are high (less so in Sicus).
But I agree with Jorge that the first impression is that of Sicus.
In our world, this would imply M. dorsalis.

But in your new world ...?

Theo