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Tag: TACHININAE

Pseudosiphona sp. (Surinam)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 24, 2010October 24, 2010

Pseudosiphona is a very common genus in the neotropics – in these photos you can see the small labellum (much shorter than in Siphona) and the…

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Copecrypta sp. (Surinam)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 23, 2010October 23, 2010

This is the first of a batch of flies sent to me by Menno Reemer and caught by him in Surinam in 2006. Copecrypta (and the…

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Pseudosiphona sp. (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

The Pseudosiphona look superficially like a Siphona but with a much shorter labrum. You should also be able to just make out the strong ventral…

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Phytomyptera sp. (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

Det: Monty Wood, 2010.

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Hypotachina chrysophora (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

Det: Monty Wood, 2010.

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Ceromya sp. (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

As you might expect, the siphonines are well represented in the neotropics and familiar genera, like Siphona, Actia and Ceromya can be found. The group…

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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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Xanthophyto sp. (Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 1, 2010

This is quite a distinctive genus – with the shaded rm. It belongs to the tribe Nemoraeini. Determination initially by me – confirmed by Monty Wood.

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Trichophora sp. (Brazil)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by me – confirmed by Monty Wood.

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Quadratosoma sp. (Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 4, 2010

This is one of my favourites from the batch of Bolivian tachinids that Martin Hauser kindly gave me earlier in the year. Determined by me…

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Parepalpus sp. (Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by Monty Wood.

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Leskia sp. (French Guiana & Ecuador)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Leskia is a diverse and quite common genus. Determinations by Monty Wood.

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Macromya depressa (Costa-Rica)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

This is a large and very striking fly – Monty Wood has confirmed the genus ID and I made the ID to species.

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Jurinella sp. (Costa Rica & Ecuador)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by myself & Monty Wood.

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Jurinia notata & Jurinia sp. (French Guiana & Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010August 6, 2011

Determinations by Monty Wood. EDIT (6/8/2011): After a trip to the BMNH I now believe that the first specimen is probably Jurinia notata.

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Epalpus sp. (Bolivia)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by myself & Monty Wood.

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Copecrypta (Bolivia, French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 23, 2010

These 2 flies are either Copecrypta or a genus very close to it.

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Chlorohystricia sp. (Costa Rica)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

This beautiful fly was given to me by John & Barbara Ismay who caught a few while in Monteverde, Costa Rica, after the 2010 International…

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Chrysotachina sp. (French Guiana)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 4, 2010

Chrysotachina is a very distinctive genus of metallic coloured tachinids. They are not common but they do come up in samples quite regularly. They have…

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Archytas (French Guiana & Brazil)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010August 6, 2011

The following is a selection of Archytas sp. from both French Guiana and Brazil showing some of the immense diversity of this genus. Despite their…

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