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 Simuliidae Female
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 27-08-2009 20:52
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Is there anyway of ID'ing these flies????
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| paqui |
Posted on 29-08-2009 00:34
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
I bought italian keys but need "small" characters, as it doesen´t seem to have black ground colour, in case it was italian it would be Prosimuliini (not Simulium, then) : ( sorry, they are lovely |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-08-2009 20:19
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks Paqui I only have two species of Simuliidae on my Checklist for Shetland. They are Simulium aureum and Simulium zetlandense, the second one being endemic. Don't know which this might be of those two, or maybe something else which has gone unrecorded. They are quite small and easy to miss. Regards Roger |
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| paqui |
Posted on 29-08-2009 23:07
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
I can´t help, again, I´ve got no info for your endemic one, and here it is the point in the keys for S aureum: -"hairs on 8th sternite don´t surpass the posterior lobe of the gonapophysis" -> S. aureum -(the point before that): Mandibole with distal teeth just at one side (more info about gonofurca et al.) -> Eusimulium It´s a pity buying a book useless for photographs  |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-08-2009 06:36
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thank you once again for your efforts Paqui. I thought it would take a bit more than a photo to get to species level with these little things. Simulium sp. will have to do. Regards Roger |
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