Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French Guianan bombylid

Posted by ChrisR on 20-10-2011 09:19
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nealevenhuis wrote:
This is Hyperalonia morio ssp. erythrocephala (Fabricius). Great shot!
-Neal

Many thanks Neal - all credit for the photo goes to Stephane Brule in French Guiana :)

As Menno says, the coloration (with the bluish ground colour and yellow head) does remind me of a few of those stratiomyids that are common in the same region - Cyphomyia? Here is another of Stephane's photos (of Cyphomyia):

www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/mry-376-stratiomyidae.jpg

Edited by ChrisR on 20-10-2011 09:24