Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ulidiidae? - Tanzania -> Platystomatidae: Neoepidesma vs. Coelocephala arcuata?
Posted by Jeroen K on 25-05-2021 21:41
#1
Can anyone identify this fly? I believe it belongs to Ulidiidae but I might be mistaken. Unfortunately, I managed to take only these two low-quality pictures before it flew away.
Location: Moshi (northeastern Tanzania)
Date: 24-05-2021
Thanks in advance.
Edited by Jeroen K on 07-06-2021 16:17
Posted by Jeroen K on 25-05-2021 21:42
#2
Picture 2.
Posted by Jeroen K on 03-06-2021 10:06
#3
Impossible? Or wrong family?
Posted by John Carr on 03-06-2021 12:27
#4
Ulidiidae or Platystomatidae
Posted by Jeroen K on 03-06-2021 13:02
#5
Thanks John, I hadn't considered Platystomatidae.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-06-2021 14:33
#6
Platystomatidae, no doubts.
I'll be back soon to this thread.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 04-06-2021 10:52
#7
Possibly, a
Neoepidesmia sp.
Posted by Jeroen K on 04-06-2021 13:05
#8
Thanks, Valery, I didn't expect any more than a genus from these photos. :)
Posted by Andrew Whittington on 07-06-2021 09:23
#9
Based on wing pattern plus body morphology, I think more likely:
Coelocephala arcuata Bezzi, 1914.
Neoepidesma tends to be more ‘ant-like’ in general form. If
Coelocephala arcuata, then the vertex should be sunken between the compound eyes in frontal view.
Posted by Jeroen K on 07-06-2021 16:16
#10
Thanks a lot, Andrew. Unfortunately, I did not get a frontal view.