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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 24-04-2009 07:37
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
A 6mm long Diopsidae I found. Its eyes were raised on stalks. Pictured in Tanzania.  
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-04-2009 07:49
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9555 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I'm affraid, nothing to add to family level.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 25-04-2009 12:22
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Ok, Nikita. Could you point me to any specialist? Can anybody else provide any info? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 05-05-2009 08:50
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2169 Joined: 24.07.04 |
I took the liberty to ask a specialist (Hans Feijen) to have a look at the pictures. He responded as follows: The Diopsidae picures ( Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) are really nice. For an absolute identification I would need to see the wing from above, but just as well I'm 99% sure that it concerns a female Chaetodiopsis meigenii (Westwood) 1837. Some recent authors place Chaetodiopsis in synonymy with Diasemopsis, so then the name would be Diasemopsis meigenii. It is a very common African diopsid that can often be found on compost heaps with rotting fruit.
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 05-05-2009 21:38
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thank you very much Jan.  The specialist sent me the mail as well and I have sent him the wings pictures as requested. Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 05-05-2009 23:16
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9555 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Jan, I have a rich undeterminated Doipsidae material from Oriental region. Could you give my Hans Feijen contacts to ask him is he interested to work with?
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 06-05-2009 07:29
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2169 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Nikita, See private message. Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| cavex |
Posted on 31-07-2010 11:30
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Member Location: Posts: 11 Joined: 06.07.10 |
I would like to picture some living diopsids in the studio, does anyone have larvae or pupae of this genus? |
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