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 Re identifying Campsicnemus
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| conopid |
Posted on 19-09-2006 09:41
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
I am currently identifying a number of Dolichopodidis. This is my first realy serious attempt to ID Dolis. I have identified several Campsicnemus flies and they all seem to have a very distinctive dorso-ventrally flattened and short abdomen. Is this feature unique to Campsicnemus and is it safe to assume that any Dolis with this short, flattened abdomen are Campsicnemus? The reason I ask is that it will save me a lot of time running through the keys to genera if I can instantly ID the genus Campsicnemus. Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 19-09-2006 10:00
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
It is not safe, you'll need at least a hard hat  Seriously, it won't always work, although it is part of the Campsicnemus 'jizz'. Hydrophorus females have similar flattened abdomens. Fortunately the latter are either much larger or have characteristic patterns of spots on wings, so telling them apart in hardly a problem. But don't worry, in practice it is easy to tell the north/mid European genera apart with little experience. The only exception perhaps being some Rhaphium females (R. micans etc.) being quite Argyra-like. Kahis |
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| conopid |
Posted on 19-09-2006 10:54
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Kahis - thanks. Excellent guidance
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 19-09-2006 15:20
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Nigel If you haven't already >Diptera.info Web Links> Families: Orthorrhapha> Le site des mouches Dolichopodides> Phototeque >Pulldown menus> type in genus and species. Multiple images then appear. Excellent  and easy FrenchRobert |
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