ChrisR

This taxon is clearly related to the other taxa with very prominent Sturmia-spots – especially fg-taxon #14

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A really unusual medium-sized tachinid with large curved-under genitalia. In addition to that it has widely separated T1+2 marginals, a projecting mouth edge, 2 katepisternals, quite short antennae & a small ‘Sturmia-spot’.

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This taxon group contains specimens that have a strong resemblance to members of the Sturmiini. All specimens have recumbent hairs and bristles with a tuft of stronger bristles on the most posterior tergites and the males all have a large, dense ‘Sturmia spot’ on the underside of the tergites.

This is a female:

This is a male:

and here is the male’s “Sturmia-spot”, the dense tufts of hair on the underside of tergites 4 & 5:

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