Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fam. S.Afr.
Posted by proctoss on 05-10-2006 01:57
#1
unknown fam.? :( S.Africa
Edited by proctoss on 05-10-2006 01:57
Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-10-2006 07:41
#2
Not easy to see but maybe Piophilidae, as these have some genera with tubercles on the scutellum. What I can see is not really ion conflict with that family but I am open to other suggestions. After all, there is quite a lot of funny stuff out there.
Posted by Zeegers on 05-10-2006 17:49
#3
I should stay out of Acalyptratae, but the front femora look a bit like Ochtera mantis, don't they ?
so could it be related ??
Theo
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-10-2006 19:24
#4
Raptorial front legs, certainly, but not an ephydrid.
It's
Centrioncus, in Diopsidae, and is "aberrant" in that family by having a normal head, rather than widely spaced antennae and eye-stalks. The raptorial front legs and long scutellar tubercles are typical for the family. I understand that there are quite a few South African species of this genus.
Posted by proctoss on 06-10-2006 18:54
#5
Many thanks Tony!:)