Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae, Sopo, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Posted by dguzman58 on 21-07-2013 15:10
#1
Help ID? 3-4 mm long
Edited by dguzman58 on 21-07-2013 15:11

Posted by rvanderweele on 21-07-2013 15:14
#2
When I see this photo I have to think of genus Orthonevra

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 23-07-2013 20:13
#3
Yes, indeed, it looks very much like the male of Orthonevra nitida. This species occurs in the northern parts of the americas, but maybe it's in Colombia as well. Otherwise it's a species very close to it.
Greetings
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 23-07-2013 20:13

Posted by John Carr on 23-07-2013 22:00
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This is not one of the Nearctic species. It resembles Orthonevra nitida. Sedman (1964) said records of O. nitida from South and Central America were misidentifications, adding "this species bears a close relationship ... with a number of Central and South American species."