Carreramyia tigrina
Carreramyia tigrina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Flies |
Suborder: | Aschiza |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
Genus: | Carreramyia |
Species: | C. tigrina |
Binomial name | |
Carreramyia tigrina Reemer, 2013 |
Diagnosis
Distinguished from C. megacephalus and C. megacera by the striped pattern of the abdomen. From C. flava it differs by the mostly black scutum, the laterally black scutellum, the hind leg with its tibia wider than its femur, the absence of an arista in the female and the shape of the female basoflagellomere.
Description
Distribution
Peru
Biology
The holotype was collected in a malaise trap at the edge of primary rainforest (varzea forest) in the Amazonian part of Peru.