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Tag: Borgmeiermyia

Some Neotropical Siphonini

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 12, 2011November 14, 2011

Today I went through some of the specimens in my World collection that had been labelled under the siphonine genera (Actia, Borgmeiermyia, Ceromya, Pseudosiphona etc.).…

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My first stacks

by ChrisRPosted onApril 13, 2011April 15, 2011

Yesterday Malcolm Storey (bioimages.org.uk) brought over some new equipment he had just bought for photo-stacking, along with a ‘kit’ including a spare dSLR (3MP Nikon…

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a genus close to Borgmeiermyia (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

Det: Monty Wood, 2010

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A new arrival from Peru!

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 13, 2010August 27, 2011

Today I received a very exciting parcel of peruvian tachinids from John Smit and Menno Reemer. The samples were taken during the last half of…

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Pheeewww! I’ve just finished sorting batch 3

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 1, 2009November 6, 2009

I like to split the processing of Malaise trap samples into several distinct phases. The first phase is to empty the tubes of insects suspended…

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fg-taxon #63 (close to Borgmeiermyia sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 14, 2009October 4, 2010

(photographs to follow) At first glance just a small, black & grey-dusted tachinid but this taxon has hidden depth. The most distinctive feature when sorting…

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fg-taxon #52 (Borgmeiermyia sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 6, 2009October 4, 2010

This is the other half of a pair of very similar taxa (see also fg-taxon #53). This one has a much longer antennal segment 3…

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fg-taxon #53 (Borgmeiermyia sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 6, 2009October 4, 2010

This is one of a pair of very similar taxa (the other is fg-taxon #52) – very small in size (3-5mm), with black body, orange…

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Borgmeiermyia brasiliana (fg-taxon #11, ‘feather-face’ #2)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009October 4, 2010

This is a male of the second taxon to exhibit the highly modified antenna-3, shaped like a feather. All specimens of this taxon are between 4-5mm…

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