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Tag: Beskia

Beskia aelops from Peru

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 22, 2010August 27, 2011

This is a lovely little dexiine tachinid found across most of the neotropics and into the southern United States – note the colouration, the hatched-shaped…

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A new arrival from Peru!

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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Beskia aelops (fg-taxon #44)

ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009August 27, 2011

This is a strange dexiine tachinid with and extremely long proboscis and long antennae. The curl on this specimen’s antennae may have been caused by…

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