Mydas Fly - Nemomydas brachyrhynchus

Moved

Moved from Nemomydas.

According to Kondratieff & Welch(1990) and Torsten Dikow's website, the range of N. brachyrhynchus is Arizona into Sonora, Mexico...whereas the range of N. pantherinus is California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (but not AZ).

So this is presumably the male of N. brachyrhynchus...even though it's not in perfect agreement with the description given in Kondratieff & Welch(1990)

… Aaron Schusteff, 17 April, 2017 - 1:00am

How are you ruling out N. ven

How are you ruling out N. venosus? Especially since the proboscis seems to exceed the oral cavity.

… Even Dankowicz, 9 July, 2018 - 8:35pm

Not Opomydas

...in that genus, the the hind leg has length of basitarsus 5 or more times its width. That's clearly not the case here.

Note the antennal club here is longer than the 1st flagellomere, and the proboscis is fairly short. This is indeed Nemomydas.

And it's a male of either N. pantherinus or N. brachyrhynchus.

… Aaron Schusteff, 16 April, 2017 - 11:48pm

Moved

Moved from Mydas Flies.

… John S. Ascher, 26 September, 2014 - 7:18am

Someone suggested Opomydas limbatus

… cwmelton, 8 May, 2014 - 12:41pm