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Solo los machos lucen estas extremas &#8220;cornamentas&#8221;, las cuales utilizan para dar cabezazos, empujar y luchar contra pretendientes rivales por los derechos de apareamiento. Curiosamente, mientras que la mayor\u00eda de las moscas de ojos pedunculados pertenecen a la familia Diopsidae, la mosca cabeza de martillo pertenece a la familia de las moscas de alas decoradas (Ulidiidae). Esto convierte su llamativo aspecto en un incre\u00edble ejemplo de evoluci\u00f3n convergente. Como miembros de la tribu Pterocallini, tambi\u00e9n presentan las alas caracter\u00edsticas de la familia: bellamente ornamentadas y jaspeadas con manchas y bandas oscuras. Tuve la gran suerte de presenciar a un grupo de estas extra\u00f1as moscas realizando una intrincada danza de cortejo sobre el tronco de un \u00e1rbol en el bosque protegido &#8220;La Perla&#8221;, ubicado en la provincia costera de Santo Domingo, en Ecuador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La mosca cabeza de martillo (Plagiocephalus latifrons) es uno de los espect\u00e1culos m\u00e1s bizarros de la regi\u00f3n neotropical, ya que 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