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 Coenosia means ?
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 23-12-2023 12:09
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Swept from Carex by Llyn y Cwn, an upland lake above Cwm Idwal, North Wales, 16 August 2023. It keys to C. means using Fonseca 1968 RES Handbook. But the cercal plate, second photo, looks more like the drawing of C. intermedia in Gregor et al. Muscidae of Central Europe.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 23-12-2023 12:10
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Cercal plate
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 23-12-2023 12:10
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More genitalia
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 23-12-2023 18:36
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I should have said, the specimen is in alcohol. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-12-2023 15:17
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9470 Joined: 24.05.05 |
John, I observed both intermedia and means in field. It seems to me that they are two different species. Fonseca gave only colour differences in his very good book. I agree with him that colour works reliable enough. Gregor et al gave also cercal plates, my test cerci are very similar or just the same. You have C. means.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 24-12-2023 19:41
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Many thanks for the confirmation. Best wishes John |
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