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Tag: PHASIINAE

Acaulona or Xanthomelanopsis ??? (French Guiana & Surinam)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 24, 2010

Acaulona & Xanthomelanopsis look very similar to Pennapoda spp. but without the leaf-like antero-dorsal bristles on the hind tibia. The only difficulty with these flies…

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Homogenia sp. (Brazil)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

These quite large (>1cm) phasiines are obviously in the tribe Trichopodini but they only have small leaf-shaped hairs on the hind tibiae. Det: Monty Wood,…

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Xanthomelanodes sp. (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

One of the commonest phasiine genera – note the strong divergent lateral scutellars. Determination by Monty Wood.

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Oestrophasia sp. (Costa Rica)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by Monty Wood.

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Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes sp. (French Guiana & Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 23, 2010

Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes are very commonly caught genera – being part of a group of very similar phasiine genera with shaded a costa and often…

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Phasia sp. (Brazil & Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determinations by Monty Wood.

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Pennapoda sp. ??? (pe-taxon #30)

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 27, 2010October 17, 2010

This little phasiine is undoubtably a member of the Trichopodini, from the leaf-like bracts along the hind tibiae. This is very similar to some of…

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possibly Xanthomelanodes (pe-taxon #05)

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 21, 2010October 4, 2010

Another really nice phasiine – quite large (8-10mm) – with very beautiful contrasting body & wing coloration. EDIT (04/10/2010): This keys to Xanthomelanodes but I…

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Acaulona sp. (pe-taxon #04)

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 21, 2010October 4, 2010

An interesting little (3-5mm) phasiine taxon – quite prolific in the peruvian samples. EDIT (Monty Wood, 26/9/2010): This is a group of Acaulona sp.

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Bibiomima handlirschi

by ChrisRPosted onJanuary 29, 2010January 30, 2010

One of my favourite flies from my recent NHM visits is the amazingly marked Bibiomima handlirschi, a rare phasiine tachinid from Central & South America.…

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fg-taxon #91 (Phasia sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 10, 2009September 30, 2010

This is a real Phasia lookalike with it’s body shape and wing venation, but I have run it through the keys in Sun & Marshall…

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fg-taxon #8 (Xanthomelanodes & Pennapoda sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009September 26, 2010

This “taxon” is actually probably 5 taxa but they share very similar superficial morphology – they are almost certainly phasiines and they have the typical…

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fg-taxon #43 (Pennapoda sp.)

by ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009September 26, 2010

This is a typical French Guianan phasiine tachinid – chocolate brown body with some orange markings with a bold brown wing costa. This species has…

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