These are 2 Siphosturmia spp. The first looks very like a Winthemia but on closer examination is has 4 katepisternal bristles, not 2. EDIT (05/10/2010):…
The Pseudosiphona look superficially like a Siphona but with a much shorter labrum. You should also be able to just make out the strong ventral…
Pseudochaeta is another of the Carcelia-type tachinids, with large eyes, but it also lacks the tuft of hairs on the hind coxa, present on Carcelia.…
Det: Monty Wood, 2010.
Here are a few more Carcelia-like tachinids but this time belonging to the genus Houghia, which lacks the tuft of hairs on the hind coxa:…
Det: Monty Wood, 2010.
Det: Monty Wood, 2010.
Det: Monty Wood, 2010.
Here I just wanted to show you how Chrysoexorista spp. loose their colour almost over night. This first photos show how the Chrysoexorista looked a…
The genus Carcelia seems to be fairly ubiquitous around the world. The presence of the extremely deep eyes and very narrow strip of gena (the…
Det: Monty Wood, 2010
This genus is primarily a parasitoid of orthopterans. Det: Monty Wood, 2010.
One of the commonest phasiine genera – note the strong divergent lateral scutellars. Determination by Monty Wood.
Apparently Winthemia are pretty much the same the world over – 2 katepisternals with hairy parafacials. Determination by Monty Wood.
This is a huge genus containing many superficially dissimilar species. Determination by Monty Wood.
Determination by Monty Wood.
Uramya is one of the genera where the males have very long ‘tails’ … sadly this is a female! Determination by Monty Wood.
This genus is related to the multi-fissicorn genera, like Cryptocladocera & Cerotachina (all members of the Neominthoini but most do not have multi-fissicorn antennae) . This…
Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes are very commonly caught genera – being part of a group of very similar phasiine genera with shaded a costa and often…
Leskia is a diverse and quite common genus. Determinations by Monty Wood.