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Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-09-2004 12:06
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Yesterday it was really enjoying his rest on a tree trunk in Amsterdam. Any idea what species? Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
Kahis |
Posted on 09-09-2004 16:44
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Muscina sp. I have M. stabulans and M. levida in my collection: M. levida is darker and not so strongly striped; M. stabulans is very close in colour, but has a narrow dark frontal vitta. So it is either angustifrons, prolapsa or pascuorum. On the topic of Muscidae, I've spent the last evenings sorting through arctic Spilogona I collected last July from northernmost Finland. They are ... not easily identified. But with the help of male genitalia one can make some sense, and the effort is well rewarded: Spilogona tornensis, S. krogerusi, S. norvegica, and of course more normal species like S. brunneisquama, contractifrons, depressiuscula, litorea and pacifica. Some of those are new for Finland and I need to find someone who can confirm the identification - Adrian Pont perhaps? Jere |
Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-09-2004 16:47
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Thanks. I will throw a key at it and see what happens. As for confirmation, I guess Adrian is the person to ask. I know he has been working on Scandinavian Muscidae in the past. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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