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Carreramyia flava
| Carreramyia flava | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Flies |
| Suborder: | Aschiza |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Carreramyia |
| Species: | C. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Carreramyia flava Sack, 1941 | |
Diagnosis
Distinguished from C. megacephalus and C. megacera by the striped pattern of the abdomen. From C. tigrina it differs by the mostly yellow scutum, the entirely yellow scutellum, the hind leg with its femur wider than its tibia, the presence of an arista in the female and the shape of the female basoflagellomere.
Description
HOLOTYPE. Female. PERU. Label 1 (green): " Peru – Rosalina / 28.8.0 3 / Urubambafl."; label 2 (green): "Coll. W. Schnuse / 1911 - 3 "; label 3: [female sign]; label 4: " Ceratophya / flava Schnuse "; label 5 (orange): " 16 a. /? Ceratophya Wied? / flava sp. nov. "; label 6: "Staatl. Museum für / Tierkunde, Dresden". Coll. SNSD.
Distribution
Peru