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 Small neotropical Asilidae (French Guiana)
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| Bernard Perthuis |
Posted on 18-01-2020 15:19
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Member Location: French Guiana Posts: 118 Joined: 28.04.18 |
Hi, Only 6 mm body length for this Asilidae from Kourou, French Guiana. I was not able to go far in the identification. In "Le Monde des Insectes" french forum, they said to me it could be a Laphriinae or a Stenopogoninae What do you think of that ?     |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 18-01-2020 19:52
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
This looks to be an Atomosia sp. (male). This is a huge neotropical genus; species-level identifications are generally not possible at present. These small asilids are are members of the group Atomosiini, which is variously treated as either a tribe of the subfamily Laphriinae or as an independent subfamily Atomosiinae. |
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| Bernard Perthuis |
Posted on 18-01-2020 20:06
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Member Location: French Guiana Posts: 118 Joined: 28.04.18 |
Thanks for all these informations. I thought it was "almost" clearly an Atomosiini, and you could confirm it, that's great. I think we now can classify it as Atomosia sp. in "Le Monde des Insectes" forum. |
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