Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Surinamese Palpada sp. (Syrphidae) with Ophiocordycipitaceae fungus

Posted by Auke on 25-12-2015 03:28
#1
I photographed this fly in October 2012 in Lelydorp, Para district, Suriname. It was apparently dead for some time when I found it, given the missing body parts. Am I correct to assume it is a Syrphidae? Is a narrower ID possible? I'm trying to get the fungus ID elsewhere.

Thanks in advance,

Scarabaeoid
Edited by Auke on 26-12-2015 06:07

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 25-12-2015 12:20
#2
It was a male a male Palpada sp., indeed a syrphid. The fungus could be one of the Cordyceps sp., these are specialised on arthropods....

Posted by Auke on 26-12-2015 06:06
#3
Thank you!

And the fungus is not a Cordyceps but an Ophiocordyceps (name changed some time ago).
Edited by Auke on 26-12-2015 06:11