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 Unknown Diptera from Suriname
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| Auke |
Posted on 17-02-2026 02:03
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 319 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Please help to ID. Spotted in Suriname.
Auke attached the following image:  [132.61Kb] Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 17-02-2026 21:07
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10624 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Muscidae or Anthomyiidae. This reminds me of some North American Hylemya. I don't remember if there are any species currently assigned to that genus in South America.
Edited by John Carr on 17-02-2026 21:07 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 18-02-2026 15:20
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9542 Joined: 24.05.05 |
More clear like on modified photo. My guess: genus Coenosopsia Malloch, 1924. It has long plumose arista and partly yellow abdomen. See: Systematic Entomology (2004) 29, 260–275, Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of Coenosopsia Malloch (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) and its significance to the evolution of anthomyiids in the Neotropics. N I H E I and CARVALHO Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [139.23Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Auke |
Posted on 04-03-2026 21:11
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 319 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Thank you both! I have neither the literature nor the specialized knowledge to properly understand that literature, but I trust you on this. These IDed photos do help me to form general pictures of what the various families (and maybe genera, in the future) look like. Now filed as Anthomyiidae cf. Coenosopsia.
Your invert guide in Suriname. |
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