Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees
Author
Reemer, Menno
text
Zootaxa
2013
3697
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1
88
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1
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1175-5326
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Carreramyia megacephalus
(Shannon, 1925)
Figs 8–12
,
23
.
Microdon megacephalus
Shannon, 1925: 213
.
Type
locality:
Panama
.
Studied
type
specimen.
HOLOTYPE
.
Male
.
PANAMA
: Old
Panama
,
31.I.1911
, leg. A. Busck, coll. USNM.
Additionally studied specimens.
COSTA RICA
:
2 males
&
1 female
, Guanacaste,
3 km
SE R. Naranjo,
3– 8.III.1992
, leg. F.D. Parker, males coll. M. Hauser, female coll. RMNH;
1 male
, same locality & leg as previous,
11–21.IV.1992
, coll. RMNH;
1 female
, Guanacaste, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Sector Santa Rosa,
5– 18.VII.2001
, leg. A.R. Deans, coll. M. Hauser.
Diagnosis.
Body size
6–8 mm
. Immediately distinguished from the other three
Carreramyia
-species by its entirely yellowish colouration, without any dark markings.
Distribution.
Known from
Costa Rica
and
Panama
.