Blepharipa is a familiar genus of palearctic flies to me, as I am sent them occasionally from European material. But it was quite a surprise…
This is a selection of Belvosia spp. but also including the very closely related Tricora, which is probably a subgenus: Determinations by Monty Wood.
This genus is one of my favourites – related to Belvosia but smaller and brighter in colouration. Determination by Monty Wood:
This is the only Cryptocladocera in the peruvian sample and it looks very like the ones from French Guiana – fg-taxon #04.
This is a little post just to show the range of antennal branching in different multifissicorn tachinids – apologies for the poor quality of the…
This is a fairly typical tachinid but has been extracted from the others by a similar trait for a flattened abdomen with very distinctive male…
This is an interesting and very prolific taxon that might, on the face of it, seem to be unexceptional. But it stands out from the…
This appears to be another new, hitherto undescribed, species closely related to Cerotachina – it has no median discals and antenna-3 is very shallowly multifissicorn.…
This is a lovely specimen of Belvosia, donated by Villu Soon from specimens he collected in French Guiana.
A really rather nice species of Belvosia – a member of the Goniinae, which is shown clearly by the quite Gonia-shaped head 🙂 The genus…
This is a really interesting taxon group (genus?) where the males have very Sarcophaga-like genitalia – quite large, orange and hooked under the abdomen. They…
This one is unusual because the abdomen is tipped with a strange, shiny, flattened structure that resembles a squashed tube. EDIT (Monty Wood 26/9/2010): This…
A really unusual medium-sized tachinid with large curved-under genitalia. In addition to that it has widely separated T1+2 marginals, a projecting mouth edge, 2 katepisternals,…
This is another really lovely tachinid of medium size but with everything very rounded. The head is similar to some of the Goniini and even…
This is possibly the most beautiful tachinid I have ever seen. The photos say it all! 🙂 In this taxon the irredescent green colour comes…
This is one of my favourite French Guianan tachinids! At first glance it looks fairly standard but when you examine the face you will see…