Peradon hermetia (Curran)

Reemer, Menno, Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Kelso, Scott, 2019, Revision of the Neotropical hoverfly genus Peradon Reemer (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae), ZooKeys 896, pp. 1-93 : 1

Peradon hermetia (Curran) Figs 34 , 105 , 206-209 , 261

Microdon hermetia Curran, 1936: 3. Holotype ♂: Panama (AMNH) [examined]; Thompson et al. 1976: 65.

Peradon hermetia (Curran): Reemer and Ståhls 2013a: 146.

Studied type specimens.

Panama • 1 ♂, holotype of Microdon hermetia Curran; Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone; 23 Dec. 1928; C.H. Curran leg; AMNH. Label 1: "Barro Colo Isld. / Canal Zone / XII-23-1928"; label 2: "Collector / C.H. Curran"; label 3 (red): "Microdon / hermetia / Curran. [male sign] / Holotype".

Diagnosis.

Body length: male 16 mm. The constricted abdomen, absence of a triangle of golden pile on the mesoscutum, and partly dark wings place this species in a group with P. diaphanus , P. elongatus , and P. hermetoides . From P. diaphanus it differs by tergite 2 being wider than long, from P. elongatus by the absence of yellow in the vena spuria, from P. hermetoides by the partly hyaline wing cell bm. The male genitalia are figured in Fig. 261 .

Distribution.

Only known from the type specimen from Panama.

Figures

Figures 32 - 35. Tergite 2 dorsal 32 Peradon diaphanus female (neotype) 33 P. elongatus male (Brazil INPA) 34 P. hermetia male (holotype) 35 P. hermetoides male (holotype).

Figures 105 - 111. Dorsal habitus of Peradon species (trivittatus group) 105 P. hermetia ♂ holotype 106 ♂ P. hermetoides holotype 107 P. elongatus ♂ Brazil INPA 108 P. elongatus ♀ Brazil INPA 109 P. diaphanus ♀ neotype 110 P. oligonax ♂ Brazil LACM 111 P. oligonax ♀ Peru RMNH. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 206 - 211. 206 - 209 Peradon hermetia male, holotype: 206 habitus lateral 207 head frontal 208 head lateral 209 thorax dorsal 210, 211 Peradon hermetoides male, holotype: 210 habitus lateral 211 wing.

Figures 256 - 261. Male genitalia of Peradon species 256 P. fenestratus French Guyana MNHN 257 P. aureoscutus holotype 258 P. aureus Ecuador CNC 259 P. trilinea holotype 260 P. trivittatus Suriname RMNH 261 P. hermetia holotype.