Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazil Asilidae - prob. Cyrtophrys sp.

Posted by Chris Cohen on 25-03-2020 21:46
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This robber has been observed in REGUA a few times before (e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8382773, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8895809).

Important characters I can distinguish: cell m3 appears to be closed (more obvious in Flickr photos), anatergite is bare, and marginal scutellar bristles are absent. Using Papavero, Artigas & Lamas (2009) this would key out to Phonicocleptes/Blepharepium, which is obviously wrong. Assuming cell m3 is actually open, it would key out to Tocantinia, which is also not quite right (marginal scutellar bristles are present in that genus). So, unless I'm missing something, I would guess this is also an undescribed genus.