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Tag: Zelia

Some nice Venezuelan tachinids

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 1, 2012August 4, 2020

Just had time to look at a box of Venezuelan tachinids sent to me by my good friend Jose Manuel Ayala. There are plenty of…

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Zelia sp. (French Guiana & Costa Rica)

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 4, 2010

This is a huge genus containing many superficially dissimilar species. Determination by Monty Wood.

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Another fantastic parcel from Eric & Martin

by ChrisRPosted onApril 1, 2010November 22, 2010

Today my postman huffed & puffed his way up the driveway with another box of specimens from Eric Fisher & Martin Hauser. My parcel wasn’t…

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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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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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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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