Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 27-12-2006 19:29
#11
Hello everybody,
I have finally received a reply from Dr. D. Monty Wood, so now we can put a generic name on it: a
Scotiptera sp. (Tachinidae). Here's an excerpt from the message:
...this is probably the first record for Panama. I see after reading your letter again that it is from Cerro Punta. I have caught several of them in Costa Rica in the Talamanca Mtns sitting on leaves alongside the stream in the sun spots. Unfortunately the species doesn't yet have a name. There are about 10 species of Scotiptera in Costa Rica in the INBio collection (do you know about this?), but this is the only one with orange wing bases.
Happy New Year to all!
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 27-12-2006 19:29