Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another pretty fly from the Yucatan [Muscidae near Lispe?]
Posted by Stephen on 19-01-2015 13:30
#1
17 December 2014. Habitat: tropical forest. Location: Leona Vicario, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
ID help will be appreciated!
Edited by Stephen on 20-01-2015 01:40
Posted by Stephen on 19-01-2015 13:32
#2
Second photo.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-01-2015 19:31
#3
Reminds me of
Lispe (Muscidae)...
Posted by Stephen on 20-01-2015 01:40
#4
Thanks, Paul.
Posted by John Carr on 20-01-2015 02:46
#5
I think it's an acalyptrate. Reminds me of this unidentified fly from Massachusetts
http://bugguide.n...08/bgimage.
Posted by Xespok on 20-01-2015 12:45
#6
Maybe Melanomyza of Lauxaniidae?
Posted by John Carr on 21-01-2015 03:02
#7
Xespok wrote:
Maybe Melanomyza of Lauxaniidae?
You're right for the one from Massachusetts. I hadn't noticed the preapical bristle on the mid tibia. Matches one of the local species of
Melanomyza (Lauxaniella).
Edited by John Carr on 21-01-2015 03:03