1 drawing (7 x 13 cm.) of a Porgy (Sargus sp.) created 6 Jul 1865 by Jacques Burkhardt at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Repository: Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityCall number: ARC 209-025
A Beridine Stratiomyid. I'm pretty confident of my ID, after comparing it to the ones at Insects of Tasmania - sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-b... Notice the banded abdomen, metallic thorax, and large reddish-brown eyes.North Fremantle, Perth