Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniidae - Minettia fasciata

Posted by Mark-uk on 20-09-2010 21:43
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I have been sorting though a number of female Minettia fasciata (group) and all the genitalia compares well with those in Collin (1948), but I have noticed one of the females has 3 sternopleural bristles, and all the others only 2. Could this be a means of separating out females of this group, of is it just an odd specimen?