In this post I showed a Jurinia sp. from Bolivia, determined by Monty Wood. During a visit to the BMNH I discovered a species called…
This specimen is proving to be a real problem – it keys to Atactosturmia because it has 3 rows of small hairs outside the vibrissa…
This is quite a distinctive genus – with the shaded rm. It belongs to the tribe Nemoraeini. Determination initially by me – confirmed by Monty Wood.
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…
Determination by Monty Wood.
Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes are very commonly caught genera – being part of a group of very similar phasiine genera with shaded a costa and often…
Determinations by Monty Wood.
This is a really lovely little woolly species with silver face and pale grey abdominal dusting. Determination by Monty Wood.
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.
Determination by myself & Monty Wood.
This is a very distinctively marked genus. Determinations by Monty Wood.
These 2 flies are either Copecrypta or a genus very close to it.
This genus is one of my favourites, but from the rather drab greasy-looking colouration you might be forgiven for wondering why? However, their gorgeous metallic…
This is a selection of Belvosia spp. but also including the very closely related Tricora, which is probably a subgenus: Determinations by Monty Wood.
Today my postman huffed & puffed his way up the driveway with another box of specimens from Eric Fisher & Martin Hauser. My parcel wasn’t…
A few of the more dramatic specimens from the neotropics a sample kindly donated by Martin Hauser 🙂 Identifications were derrived by comparing ot material…