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 Unknown Diptera (Stratiomyidae?) from Suriname
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| Auke |
Posted on 31-01-2026 02:35
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 315 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Please help to ID this couple. Spotted in Suriname. Only this photo.
Auke attached the following image:  [233.47Kb] Edited by Auke on 13-02-2026 04:46 Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 31-01-2026 14:59
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10606 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Stratiomyidae? |
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| Auke |
Posted on 13-02-2026 04:46
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 315 Joined: 21.10.12 |
John Carr wrote: Stratiomyidae? That's a family that I was thinking about, but iNat does not show anything like it (bright red abdomen) for Suriname or the neighboring countries, as far as I see. Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 13-02-2026 09:46
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Member Location: Posts: 1287 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Antenna "muscomorph" (3 regular segments and dorsal arista on third segment). Syrphidae seem to me more probable. |
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| Auratus |
Posted on 13-02-2026 11:44
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Member Location: Edam - Netherlands Posts: 419 Joined: 24.05.10 |
Looks like Peradon?
Greetings, Jan |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 13-02-2026 13:19
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Member Location: Posts: 344 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Peradon is right (Syrphidae: Microdontinae). The female belongs to P. angustus (Macquart, 1846). I have collected this in Surinam myself in 2006 on two localities: Peperpot and Mopentibo. The male in the photo seems to have a black abdomen, but I cannot see it well enough. If that is the case indeed, then it would have to be identified as the black colour morph of P. bidens (Fabricius). Finding these two taxa in copula could be an indication that they are actually synonymous. Colour polymorphism is known to occur in a few species of Peradon (see https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/36493/). I would be interested to know locality and date of this photo! |
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