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Posted on 27-09-2007 21:28
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Head of Tachinidae - Dexiinae. Photo copyright ? A.W. Thomas.

1 - arista 2 - 3rd segmental antenna - first flagellomere 3 - 2nd segmental antenna - pedicel 4 - frons or frontalia 5 - frontorbital plate 6 - parafacialia 7 - ptilinal suture 8 - gena 9 - occiput 10 - ocellus (plural: OCELLI)
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Original photo.
Photo copyright ? A.W. Thomas.
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Tony T, thanks for sharing your great photos. Thank you.


To everybody: Feel free to fix any errors in legend, or in my painting. Thank you.
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jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Feel free to fix any errors in legend, or in my painting. Thank you.


i can't see where is number 7
also other numbers are not there and you have in the ilustration number 13 for ocellus but in your text is 10...
i'm blind or is not there

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cosmin see it again. Grin
 
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Notes:
the green light zone (which has no number) is the face.
 
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Please, see if occiput and gena paintings are correct. I'm not sure about the limits of occiput. If the limits of gena/occiput are like those wasps, it must be fixed. Thank you.
 
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Hi, I am working to define genal groove, genal dilation and postgena areas. Manual of Nearctic Diptera has a illustration, but those characters are not clear when looking specimens at the microscope.
 
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