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Tag: featherface

Pelecotheca (Cryptocladocera) sp. male (pe-taxon #25)

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 25, 2010October 4, 2010

This is the only Cryptocladocera in the peruvian sample and it looks very like the ones from French Guiana – fg-taxon #04.

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Multifissicorn tachinid faces (Pelecotheca s.g. Cerotachina & Cryptocladocera)

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 23, 2010October 4, 2010

This is a little post just to show the range of antennal branching in different multifissicorn tachinids – apologies for the poor quality of the…

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Pelecotheca (Cerotachina) sp. male (pe-taxon #14)

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 23, 2010October 4, 2010

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.…

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Cerotachina sp. (fg-taxon #97)

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 23, 2010February 23, 2010

This little gem is another multifissicorn species with feathered antennae – similar to the other ‘featherface’ tachinids, like Borgmeiermyia and Cryptocladocera. However, after running this…

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Borgmeiermyia brasiliana (fg-taxon #11, ‘feather-face’ #2)

ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009October 4, 2010

This is a male of the second taxon to exhibit the highly modified antenna-3, shaped like a feather. All specimens of this taxon are between 4-5mm…

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Pelecotheca (Cryptocladocera) sp. male (fg-taxon #4)

ChrisRPosted onApril 4, 2009October 4, 2010

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…

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