Microdon colakriki

Diagnosis
This species runs to Microdon virgo Curran in the last published key to Neotropical Microdon species (Curran 1941). Within Microdon (Microdon), as defined by Reemer & Ståhls (2013a), both M. virgo and M. colakriki sp. n. belong to a group of Neotropical species with the following characters: thorax and abdomen (almost) entirely metallic blue or green, postero-apical corner of cell r4 + 5 widely rounded, vein M1 not recurrent anteriorly, abdomen wide. Other species belonging to this group are: M. aureopilis Marinoni, M. barbouri Hull, M. bassleri Curran, M. brutus Hull, M. caesar Curran, M. crassitarsis Macquart, M. mourei Thompson and M. remus Curran. From all of these species M. colakriki differs by the combination of the following characters: femora entirely black, front- and mid-tarsi entirely yellow, hind tarsus with first tarsomere black and other tarsomeres yellow, tergite 3 dull black with metallic green anterior, posterior and lateral margins. Microdon rufiventris Rondani is also related, but that species is readily distinguished by it’s predominantly orange abdomen.

Description
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Distribution
Neotropical: Suriname