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What is this please ? (French Guiana)
Bernard Perthuis
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Posted on 17-03-2026 15:11
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 Hello, the Neotropics are difficult (for me).

Do we have some clue to identify a family here ? (French Guiana, Kourou)
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John Carr
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 Looks like Tachinidae.
 
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 Oh yes of course, thank you John.
Now I think it might be in tribe Minthoini ?
 
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 I can't tell. If the tips of the fore tarsi are compressed without claws, likely Minthoini.
 
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