Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating flies, so different they seem like 2 different families

Posted by Stephen on 25-03-2019 22:55
#1

Wow, these are the same species? They look like two different families!

Guyana, along the Rupununi River, southern Guyana. 20 May 2013.

What do I have here?

Edited by Stephen on 25-03-2019 23:14

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-03-2019 17:21
#2

Both flies are Keroplatidae. They certainly look different but I have no idea if there might be sexual dimorphic species in Guyana...

Posted by Stephen on 26-03-2019 19:42
#3

Ah, only my second Keroplatid photo, the other one was at my house here in West Virginia, USA. Thank-you, Paul!

Posted by Stephen on 27-03-2019 23:16
#4

Family expert Rafaela Falaschi (from Brazil) states this is Keroplatinae, Orfeliini. Thank-you to her and to Paul.