Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 French Guianan - Tachinidae
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 23:46
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Here are a few photos from Stéphane Brule in French Guiana. I am pretty sure that I have got the family correct and I don't expect miracles but could anyone suggest a subfamily maybe?  Species A ChrisR attached the following image:  [48.73Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-02-2011 23:47
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Species B
ChrisR attached the following image:  [74.91Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 02-03-2011 14:34
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
I know these are hopeless, but does not the firs one bring in mind Winthemini? Latter appear relatives of Microsoma? Cute! If I´ve understood correclty, there are many neotropical taxons that do not fit to any described subfamily... |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-03-2011 17:31
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Well, yes I think the first might be Winthemiini ... possibly, but just from the overall shape. I have lots of similar things that are really hard even to morphotype because they are so anonymous. The second could be Phasinae (close to Trichopodini) ... but it is a bad angle. I think most neotropical tachinids can be taken as far as subfamily but tribe is a little more problematic. But out of the 2000-3000 specimens I showed Monty there was only 1 very small taxon that he agreed was a tachinid but couldn't assign to a subfamily.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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but don't see the image in the post.