Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Meigenia sp
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 27-10-2008 10:15
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Apologies for the very poor quality of the images. I've run this through Belshaw and it comes out quite nicely as a Meigenia. However, I'm not sure which way it goes when it comes to the eye hairs. They appear thicker than the aristal base, but I'd like a second opinion.
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 27-10-2008 10:15
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
And a close up of the eye hairs
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-10-2008 15:39
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
This is Meigenia indeed. I have never seen majuscula (the one with the hairy eyes), in my experience the hairs can be quite long in mutabilis as well. So I'd be very cautious indeed to call majuscula on a single female Theo |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 28-10-2008 08:41
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks for that Theo, Ill just leave it as Meigenia sp for the moment and hope to turn up some males. |
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