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Tag: Costa Rica

Calolydella geminata complex (Costa Rica)

ChrisRPosted onNovember 3, 2010November 25, 2010

Adrian Pont gave me this rather beautiful Costa Rican tachinid recently and it instantly reminded me of the Eucelatoria sp. that I had been working…

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Zelia sp. (French Guiana & Costa Rica)

ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 4, 2010

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

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Oestrophasia sp. (Costa Rica)

ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by Monty Wood.

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Macromya depressa (Costa-Rica)

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)

ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010September 30, 2010

Determination by myself & Monty Wood.

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Chlorohystricia sp. (Costa Rica)

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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Another fantastic parcel from Eric & Martin

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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Some Argentinian, Bolivian & Costa Rican tachinids

ChrisRPosted onDecember 16, 2009August 7, 2011

A few of the more dramatic specimens from the neotropics a sample kindly donated by Martin Hauser 🙂  Identifications were derrived by comparing ot material…

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