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Posted by Bscrl on 12-09-2015 00:57

Hello,

Here enclosed, a link to some pictures of an heleomyzidae which as been seen in the darkness of a bunker on the Col de Tende (in the Alpes at around 1800m high) at the border France/Italy.

I am not sure whether the picture will be sufficient to determine the genus/specie, but any clue or idea are welcome. B)

http://www.insect...p;t=146559

Thanx for your help!

-Bscrl-

Edited by Bscrl on 12-09-2015 00:59

Posted by Bscrl on 03-10-2015 20:37

Andrzej wrote:
male of Gymnomus sp. Did you collect it?

Thanks a lot for your feedback, unfortunatly, i didn't collect it. :S
Are you sure about the genus Gymnomus ?
Because someone suggested Scoliocentra (villosa (?)) because of the 'short' basitarsus.

Best Regards,

-Bscrl-

Edited by Bscrl on 03-10-2015 20:39

Posted by Bscrl on 04-10-2015 08:54

Hello Andrzej,
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
As a beginner, i am not sure about what is called Mesopleuron, and since depending the authors, it seems that this term can be ambiguous, just to understand your question in the right way, i have a little adding question :
In the Fig 5 of the chapter "Thorax of Dipter" of http://www.giand....mp;lang=en, to which area (from 8 to 14) are you refering to ?

Many thanks again for your help :)

-Bscrl-

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-10-2015 09:41

Here is the mesopleuron header=[mesopleuron] body=[anepisternum<br /><img src='infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

header=[mesopleuron] body=[anepisternum<br /><img src='infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

, nowadays mostly called the anepisternum header=[anepisternum] body=[Dorsal part of the lateral plate of the thorax that is associated with the second segment that originally formed the thorax.
Image given: http://www.dgrc.kit.ac.jp/~jdd/subwin/lateral_bd/tl_mesopleura.gif<br /><img src='http://www.diptera.info/infusions/terms/images/tl_mesopleura.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

header=[anepisternum] body=[Dorsal part of the lateral plate of the thorax that is associated with the second segment that originally formed the thorax.
Image given: http://www.dgrc.kit.ac.jp/~jdd/subwin/lateral_bd/tl_mesopleura.gif<br /><img src='http://www.diptera.info/infusions/terms/images/tl_mesopleura.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

Posted by Bscrl on 04-10-2015 10:14

Thanks Paul for this precision
Then yes , as far as i can see on the pictures i've taken, the anepisternum of my heleomyzidae looks hairless:)
Is Gymnomus the only genus of Heleomyzidae having this characteristic ?

Edited by Bscrl on 04-10-2015 10:30

Posted by John Carr on 04-10-2015 11:02

In the key to nearctic Heleomyzidae, several genera have bare anepisternum.

Posted by John Carr on 05-10-2015 01:07

#10

Manual of Nearctic Diptera and other important Canadian publications:
http://www.esc-se...fcmono.php. Cyclorrhapha (including Heleomyzidae) are in volume 2.

Species of North American Heleomyzidae were revised in 1962: http://www.biodiv...0#/summary

Posted by Bscrl on 05-10-2015 12:08

#11

Thanx a lot for the link ! |t

Edited by Bscrl on 05-10-2015 12:09