A few forgotten French Guianan insects
The other night I was looking through an old box of insects and discovered 5 trays of mixed French Guianan insects from my trip there in 2000. Most are Hymenoptera but there are a few interesting Diptera and other orders so I have decided to mount them and see who would like them.
More photos will follow when I have sorted through the material. Many thanks to Eric Fisher for identifying the asilids and to Menno Reemer for identify the syrphids.
I’m not too familiar with these foreign aculeates but they’re superb! I think the 3rd row no. 3, and the 4th row no. 2 & 3 are Eumenids – possibly a species of Eumenes. The 6th row 1 & 2 look like Pomplids – something like a species of Poecilopompilus?
Hi Alan – thanks for the suggestions, you migth be right there – I have no experience with these groups in the neotropics so I am open to any suggestions! 😀 I will be taking them into the NHM sometime in the next few weeks so perhaps I will get some pointers there.
I’d like to use one of your photos in an educational poster at a science festival in Edinburgh. Can you contact me to let me know about permissions – unfortunately I have no money to pay you – but could remove the picture if you are unwillling to have it displayed.
Hi Chris. The conopid looks like Physocephala but is probably new – not one I immediately recognise, anyway. I’d like to see this and any other conopids one day, if possible.
@David Clements
Hi Dave, I’ll have a look round for it for you. I can’t immediately lay hands on it so it’s very possible that it has been donated to the NHM – I gave them a batch of miscellaneous Hymenoptera & Diptera families that I didn’t have time to work on. If I find it I will hang onto it and let you know 🙂
The three Vespidae Eumeninae are very interesting, I would say that belong to species not known from French Guiana. If you want I’d be very interested in determine them for you.
Best regards,
Marco Selis