 French Guianan syrphid - Ocyptamus gastrostactus
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 23:43
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Here is a photo from Stéphane Brule in French Guiana. Could anyone confirm whether I have guessed the correct family ... and possibly add any more information? 
Edited by ChrisR on 28-02-2011 18:58 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| LakeSide |
Posted on 28-02-2011 13:26
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Maybe Platycheirus sp?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-02-2011 13:32
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Well, it does look a bit like some of our Platycheirus spp. but the abdomen has an odd shape and I think there must be different (perhaps related) genera in the neotropics
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 28-02-2011 16:02
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This is a male of Ocyptamus gastrostactus, a common species in tropical America. Larvae are aphid predators on various plants, incuding Phragmites and tobacco. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-02-2011 17:07
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Thanks Menno
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but don't see the image in the post.