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Tag: Trichopodini

Acaulona or Xanthomelanopsis ??? (French Guiana & Surinam)

ChrisRPosted onOctober 24, 2010

Acaulona & Xanthomelanopsis look very similar to Pennapoda spp. but without the leaf-like antero-dorsal bristles on the hind tibia. The only difficulty with these flies…

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Homogenia sp. (Brazil)

ChrisRPosted onOctober 3, 2010October 4, 2010

These quite large (>1cm) phasiines are obviously in the tribe Trichopodini but they only have small leaf-shaped hairs on the hind tibiae. Det: Monty Wood,…

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Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes sp. (French Guiana & Bolivia)

ChrisRPosted onSeptember 29, 2010October 23, 2010

Pennapoda & Xanthomelanodes are very commonly caught genera – being part of a group of very similar phasiine genera with shaded a costa and often…

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Pennapoda sp. ??? (pe-taxon #30)

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 27, 2010October 17, 2010

This little phasiine is undoubtably a member of the Trichopodini, from the leaf-like bracts along the hind tibiae. This is very similar to some of…

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