Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Meiosimyza rorida?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2010 09:06
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Found this one in the garden yesterday...
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2010 09:06
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2010 09:07
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Close up..
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2010 09:07
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-07-2010 16:55
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Correct. PLease submit second picture for Gallery. The row of ctenidia on the fore femur is well visible in that picture.
Posted by Mark-uk on 31-07-2010 19:50
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Collins description of "Acrostichal bristles on thorax irregularly quadriserial with
those of two middle rows longer." fits nicely too
Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-08-2010 16:00
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Correct. PLease submit second picture for Gallery. The row of ctenidia on the fore femur is well visible in that picture.
Thanks for confirming Paul. I cropped second picture to show the row of small setae, didn't know they were called ctenidia (you live and learn). I'll stick Pic.2 in the Gallery.
Mark-uk wrote
Collins description of "Acrostichal bristles on thorax irregularly quadriserial with
those of two middle rows longer." fits nicely too
True...(I think) :|
Regards Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-08-2010 16:01
Posted by viktor j nilsson on 09-08-2010 19:06
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Mark-uk wrote:
Collins description of "Acrostichal bristles on thorax irregularly quadriserial with
those of two middle rows longer." fits nicely too
True, but just to clarify: this is not a characteristic of this species only, but is shared with other species of Meiosimyza and also the species of Aulagastromyia and Tricholauxania. Under most circumstances it is hence very useful to see that a specimen belongs to Meiosimyza and not, for example, Sapromyza.