Siphunculina? - Siphunculina

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Do you use diptera.info? If so, can you post this picture there? If not, can I cross-post it there? Some Chloropidae experts are found there.

… John F. Carr, 14 February, 2025 - 4:45am

Thanks for the comments John.

Thanks for the comments John. Go for it! Paste the link to the thread here if you get any updates.

… H. W. Colin Chiu, 14 February, 2025 - 9:40am

Confirmed

Michael von Tschirnhaus, one of the top experts on the family, confirmed Siphunculina and commented "for an identification much literature must be studied".

https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=114894#post_476064

He has a database and literature references at https://sdei.senckenberg.de/tschirnhaus-chloropidae/ and https://sdei.senckenberg.de/tschirnhaus-bibliography/.

… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2025 - 6:28pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John F. Carr, 14 February, 2025 - 4:42am

Siphunculina

I think you're right about Siphunculina. But which? It is not the Florida species, which looks different and is probably restricted to the tropics. I tried keys to Asian species and found S. nidicola Nartshuk, 1971, which is not quite right but is compared to S. stackelbergi Duda, 1933. I have not read the description of that species yet.

… John F. Carr, 14 February, 2025 - 4:42am

Siphunculina

I asked George Foster to look at this and he agrees with Siphunculina. He's seen one from the northern USA so he wasn't surprised to see one from Canada. He didn't speculate as to whether it could be undescribed or Holarctic/introduced.

… Brad Barnd, 15 February, 2025 - 5:29pm

Thanks Brad! I did send him a

Thanks Brad! I did send him an email a few days ago about another species and maybe I'll follow up about this one too.

… H. W. Colin Chiu, 16 February, 2025 - 6:12pm

Wow...

Wow, that face shot... Awesome!

Sweet find and pics.

… Jeff Gruber, 13 February, 2025 - 10:08pm

Thanks Jeff! I was lucky enou

Thanks Jeff! I was lucky enough to have access to a keyence while I was there. Your digital collection looks great too!

… H. W. Colin Chiu, 13 February, 2025 - 10:47pm