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Tag: DEXIINAE

Mesembrinella (Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellinae) & Dexiinae (fg-taxon #16)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009August 26, 2011

This taxon group contains at least 7 species ranging in size, with a light brown ground colour, broad bodies and darker coloured abdomens. They have…

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fg-taxon #3 (Zelia sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009September 26, 2010

This is a more typical tachinid – a dexiine with plumose antennae and a conventionally proportioned body and colouration. EDIT (Monty Wood 26/9/2010): This is…

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Zelia sp. (fg-taxon #2)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009January 30, 2010

This taxon looks very similar to taxon #1 but it is subtly different. It closely resembles a box of “Zelia sp. indet.” in the NHM,…

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Scotiptera cf. venatoria (fg-taxon #7)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009September 26, 2010

The fly was bought for a few francs from a butterfly collector in Cacao and it came without any data but with the assurance that…

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Zelia sp. (fg-taxon #1)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009January 30, 2010

This taxon is a dexine tachinid with unusual markings on T3 and an elongate abdomen. It also has plumose antennae.

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Beskia aelops (fg-taxon #44)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009August 27, 2011

This is a strange dexiine tachinid with and extremely long proboscis and long antennae. The curl on this specimen’s antennae may have been caused by…

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Cholomyia inaequipes (fg-taxon #46)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009September 26, 2010

This is a crazy-looking dexiine tachinid. This subfamily usually have quite elongate legs but this taxon takes it to extremes with hind legs that are…

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