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rcox |
Posted on 04-02-2015 03:26
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Member Location: Posts: 26 Joined: 04.07.14 |
Can anyone help with the identification of Tachinids from Victoria, Australia?
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John Carr |
Posted on 04-02-2015 04:03
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9857 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Possibly Siphonini. One of the important characters for recognizing tribes is the arrangement of bristles on the scutellum. That can be hard to judge accurately without a dorsal shot. |
rcox |
Posted on 04-02-2015 04:26
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Member Location: Posts: 26 Joined: 04.07.14 |
Hi John, What key would you recommend to sort out the Tachinids? |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 04-02-2015 08:50
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18534 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hi Rcox If you send the material over, I can help you out at least to genus level. If you are interested, send me a PM. Greetings Theo |
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rcox |
Posted on 06-02-2015 23:03
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Member Location: Posts: 26 Joined: 04.07.14 |
Thanks Theo for the generous offer; I would really like to learn them myself; can you recommend a generic key that I could use? Cheers, Russell |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 07-02-2015 09:49
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18534 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Crosskey is the only thing there is for Australia, somewhere in the 1970's. British Museum (Natural History). Theo |
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sd |
Posted on 07-02-2015 12:04
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 892 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi, Crosskey Australian Tachinidae is here http://www.biodiv...3/mode/1up I posted links to most of the BM NH Diptera titles here http://www.dipter...d_id=42334 Steve Edited by sd on 07-02-2015 12:05 |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 07-02-2015 15:31
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18534 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Thanks, Steve ! Theo |
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