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Chrysidimyia chrysidimima
| Chrysidimyia chrysidimima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Flies |
| Suborder: | Aschiza |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Chrysidimyia |
| Species: | C. chrysidimima |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysidimyia chrysidimima Hull, 1937 | |
Diagnosis
The whole insect is remarkably brilliant blue-green, metallic, vitreous, covered everywhere with deep punctures or pits, and on the abdomen small creases, in shape and appearance presenting an astonishing resemblance to a Chrysidid wasp, altogether the most remarkable case of mimicry I have ever beheld.
Description
Distribution
Brazil
Biology
One male. Santarem, Brazil, June 1919. (S. M. Klages). Accession 6324. Type in the Carnegie Museum.