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 1892a: 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 CRI003605415 (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 CRI002165192 (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 CRI002130788 (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 CRI00908643 (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.