This is quite distinctive little species – similar to Leschenaultia but different. Determination by Monty Wood.
This is apparently a common species around the Caribbean. 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.
This is a very distinctively marked genus. Determinations by Monty Wood.
These 2 flies are either Copecrypta or a genus very close to it.
Chrysotachina is a very distinctive genus of metallic coloured tachinids. They are not common but they do come up in samples quite regularly. They have…
This is another familiar genus from the Palearctic and North America and these 2 specimens show some extremes of size and morphology – it is…
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:
The following is a selection of Archytas sp. from both French Guiana and Brazil showing some of the immense diversity of this genus. Despite their…
I have just received a really exciting batch of Diptera from Mont Itoupé, French Guiana. This batch comes courtesy of the Parc Amazonien de Guyane…
The other night I was looking through an old box of insects and discovered 5 trays of mixed French Guianan insects from my trip there…
These are a few asilids I picked up in French Guiana, collected along forest edges in clearings where they sun themselves. When compared to bees…
Here is a selection of bumblebees and carpenter bees that I collected in French Guiana in 2000 – plus 1 that I was given. With…
I have just been working through some euglossine bees that I obtained over the years from various sources – French Guiana (myself & Philip Soler)…
Yesterday Colin Vardy got in touch with me to ask if I was still interested to get my old French Guianan pompilids identified. Colin normally…
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 little gem is another multifissicorn species with feathered antennae – similar to the other ‘featherface’ tachinids, like Borgmeiermyia and Cryptocladocera. However, after running this…
This is a lovely specimen of Belvosia, donated by Villu Soon from specimens he collected in French Guiana.
This is a really interesting group of species – all very similar in general body shape and with a curious ovipositor that appears to emerge…