Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Surinam fly unknown
Posted by DJHiker on 01-07-2018 16:18
#1
Even with regard to family this nice specimen leaves me clueless.
Suggestions are highly appreciated.
Location: vicinity of Groningen (Saramacca, Suriname)
Posted by John Carr on 01-07-2018 17:59
#2
I think it's in former tribe Trichopodini, now considered part of Gymnosomatini (family Tachinidae, subfamily Phasiinae).
Posted by DJHiker on 02-07-2018 16:32
#3
Hi John,
Thanks for putting me on track. Browsing through the Gymnosomatini images I find on the web, I arrive at Xanthomelanodes.
I haven’t found any reliable info regarding its presence in Suriname, but it is in Guyana, so chances are its range includes Suriname as well.
Regards,
David
Posted by John Carr on 02-07-2018 17:32
#4
The tropical
Trichopoda group is being revised, or was revised recently, and I don't know the new classification.