Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chilean Sphaeroceridae
Posted by dllavaneras on 25-09-2017 03:49
#1
I found this fly almost at ground level under a shrub. It looked and walked like the hippoboscids I've seen in the tropics, but Diptera isn't my strong suit and I'm still unfamiliar with Chilean flies. Any chance of an ID?
Rio Clarillo National Reserve (Metropolitan region), 23.ix.2017
Edited by dllavaneras on 27-09-2017 02:46
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-09-2017 06:52
#2
Sphaeroceridae more likely.
Posted by Zeegers on 25-09-2017 07:43
#3
Definitely not Hippoboscidae.
Theo
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 25-09-2017 08:18
#4
Yes, family Sphaeroceridae was what came to my mind at once :) Because of the antennae and head's shape, and because what can be seen of the venation points out towards subfamily Copromyzidae.
However, I am totally unfamiliar with Chilean flies so I would suggest some searching in that direction.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-09-2017 09:04
#5
Looks very like
Maculantrops hirtipes, as illustrated in Steve Marshall's book "Flies"
Posted by John Carr on 25-09-2017 11:25
#6
Tony Irwin wrote:
Looks very like Maculantrops hirtipes, as illustrated in Steve Marshall's book "Flies"
Subfamily Archiborborinae, at least. If it looks like Copromyzinae but is found in South America, it's probably Archiborborinae.
Posted by dllavaneras on 27-09-2017 02:46
#7
Superb, thank you all! This is my first sphaerocerid.