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 Who am I? (part IV)
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-05-2008 11:55
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi This is not so easy as the others. 
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 02-05-2008 12:28
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I play : Rhyncomya sp. (Calliphoridae or Rhiniidae).
Stephane. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-05-2008 12:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
you play very well!  |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 02-05-2008 12:33
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Thank you.
Stephane. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 02-05-2008 12:58
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
This "game" could be made a lot more useful/interesting to a neophyte like me by stating why this is Rhyncomya and not (for e.g.)Musca. So nothing wrong with "Who am I"? but much better to answer the question "Why am I"? I recall from university days that on every practical exam there were specimens and we had to "identify with reasons" - a good model to follow here. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-05-2008 13:12
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
ok. well in this case, the pits on the frontalia are a good indication of Rhiniinae (Calliphoridae, some authors consder that now Rhiniidae has family status and no more subfamily. we consider them as Rhiniinae for now.) The creamy colour on the gena is another good feature for Rhiniinae flies. As the arista is bare it discards genus like Rhinia, Stomorhina. The lack of seta in the proepisternum (remember the terms : here) could give us one good indication for Rhynchomyia. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 02-05-2008 13:12 |
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