Physoconops (Gyroconops) parvus (Williston)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2007, The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Tropidomyiini), Zootaxa 1528, pp. 1-40 : 16-17

Physoconops (Gyroconops) parvus (Williston) (figures 37, 39–42)

Conops parvus Williston 1892 a: 46 .

Specimens examined: Costa Rica: Prov. Alajuela: Atenas, 22.ii.–08. iii. 1995, 1 ɗ, 8–25. iii. 1995, 1 Ψ, leg. M. J. Someijer ( ZMAN); San Cristobal, 600–620m, 18. v. 1998, 1 ɗ, F.A. Quesada, En Flores, L_N_ 318056 _ 383200, # 50698, INBIO CRI 003605415 ( INBC); Prov. Puntarenas: San Luis, Fca. Buen Amigo, Monteverde, 4 km S de la Reserva, 1000–1350m, ii. 1995, 1 Ψ, Z. Fuentes, L_N_ 250850 _ 449250, # 4393, INBIO CRI 002165192 ( INBC); Prov. Guanacaste: Sector Sendero Volcán, 3.5km SSW del Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, 1100, 9 – 10. vi. 1994, 1 ɗ, D. Garcia, L_N_ 388816 _ 308407, # 3046, INBIO CRI 002130788 ( CNC); Sector Las Pailas, P.N. Guanacaste, A.C. Guanacaste, 800m, 6–26. vi. 1994, 1 Ψ, K. Taylor, L_N_ 309500 _ 389500, # 3063, INBIO CRI 00908643 ( CNC); Macizo Miravalles, Estación Cabro Muco, 1100m, 27.vi.–02. vii. 2003, 1 Ψ, B. Hermández, Tp de Luz, L_N_ 299769 _ 411243, # 74526, INB0003737783 ( ZMHB).

The identity of this species is based on the original description. The characters "the legs are brown or brownish yellow" and "the wings are wholly greyish hyaline, save a quadrate brown spot in front a little beyond the middle" characterise the species.