Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange Suriname Hexapod
Posted by Stephen on 29-07-2014 01:23
#1
I would love to know what this is. I can't say much except "immature insect"!
18 June 2014, Brokopondo district, Suriname, tropical forest.
Edited by Stephen on 29-07-2014 01:24
Posted by Stephen on 29-07-2014 01:24
#2
Second photo. Long antennae!
Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-07-2014 13:47
#3
I'd guess this is a nymph of
Macroceratogonia (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 29-07-2014 15:00
#4
Macroceratogoniini is an Old World group, it's something different...
Posted by Tony Irwin on 29-07-2014 21:00
#5
Good point! :S
Posted by Stephen on 30-07-2014 15:53
#6
Thank-you my friends! I thought the head looked like Cicadellidae, but those very long antennae seemed to me wrong for the group. I have now asked a Cicadellid specialist and will post his reply here.
Posted by Stephen on 30-07-2014 16:36
#7
Dmitry Dmitriev was kind enough to tell me that this is a 3rd or 4th instar in subfamily Gyponinae, but that it would be risky to try to take the ID further.
Thank-you Tony and Dmitry G., I was finding it hard to call this insect a Cicadellid because of those long antennae.
Posted by Stephen on 30-07-2014 22:23
#8
They say you can tell how big a puppy will get by the size of its paws. Maybe this leafhopper will gradually grow to match the size of its antennae!
Posted by Auke on 01-08-2014 05:38
#9
Very interesting animal! I'm living in Suriname for over 8 years now, but I haven't seen anything like it yet. Please consider posting these photos also on the forum
Guianas nature forum which I just opened.
Best regards, Scarabaeoid