Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae, Toxotrypana crvicauda?
Posted by ulf on 16-07-2018 19:14
#1
or could it be another species of this genus?
Paraguay, Itapua, primary forest, July 14 2018
Posted by Ben Hamers on 16-07-2018 22:18
#2
The pattern on the thorax doesn't match T. curvicauda :
https://www.insectimages.org/browse/taxthumb.cfm?fam=483&genus=Toxotrypana
Ben
Posted by ulf on 17-07-2018 12:38
#3
thank you for the link, here is another pic of the same individual which shows better the thorax pattern,
May be it is T. littoralis
Posted by Ben Hamers on 17-07-2018 22:25
#4
I can't help you with this, there seem to be several undescribed species too.
Ben
Posted by ulf on 17-07-2018 23:19
#5
Thanks anyway