Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Surinamese Archytas ?aurifrons (Tachinidae)
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| Auke |
Posted on 03-12-2015 19:33
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 306 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Suriname, Brokopondo, Brownsberg plateau (about 500m asl). Night of 23-XI-2015. On light installation with HPL. Any thoughts on the ID of this specimen? Thanks! Auke attached the following image:  [183Kb] Edited by Auke on 05-12-2015 15:25 Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 03-12-2015 19:36
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10463 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Possibly Archytas. |
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| Auke |
Posted on 03-12-2015 20:02
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 306 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Wow. I actually thought about Tachinidae because of all the thick stiff hairs on the abdomen. Guess that's some kind of hallmark of the family than?
Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-12-2015 20:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Many tachinids have strong bristles but so do sarcopagids, and many tachinids have very few bristles  This looks strikingly like Archytas aurifrons, which I caught in French Guiana (a few km from you) and that was identified for me by Monty Wood  Did you take specimens?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Auke |
Posted on 03-12-2015 21:35
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 306 Joined: 21.10.12 |
I'll note it as Archytas ?aurifrons than. No specimens taken, as I was in a protected area and export from Suriname is also not allowed without an export permit (which you only get when you can show a research permit). I would be happy to collect flies if someone would request and obtain a research permit on which I would be named as co-researcher. At the moment I collect scarab beetles, butterflies and selected moth families for research purposes, but I could add flies to the list, especially species which are attrackted to light. I could provide you with digital permit request forms etc. Also, please feel free to post your photos, including ID requests, from French Guiana and the other Guianas on www.guianasnatureforum.org. Scarabaeoid Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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