Some Neotropical Siphonini

Today I went through some of the specimens in my World collection that had been labelled under the siphonine genera (Actia, Borgmeiermyia, Ceromya, Pseudosiphona etc.). Here are some photos:

Actia sp. – note the row of bristles in front of the mid coxa, common to all Actia

Borgmeiermyia – a species without multifissicorn antennae but with very long antennae

Borgmeiermyia – a species without multifissicorn antennae

Borgmeiermyia cf. brasiliana – the ‘typical’ multifissicorn species

The Erythomelana is only “possibly” at the moment … it keys to that but I have never seen the genus so I have asked Monty Wood to see what he thinks. Erythromelana isn’t actually a siphonine anyway – it just looks a little like one 🙂

Some Neotropical Siphonini

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