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 Muscidae: Graphomyia maculata?
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| nick upton |
Posted on 31-12-2010 12:05
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
G. maculata female, I think, but can i be sure it's not G. minor? 4th October 2010 feeding on Ivy flowers, Wiltshire UK, c 8mm nick upton attached the following image:  [123.04Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 31-12-2010 12:29
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9558 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Nick, it depends on piont of view: According the keys given by Gregor et al. (2002) or D'Assis Fonseca (1968) it is rather female of minor (=picta in Fonseca). According Vikhrev (2011, in press, should be published Jan 2011, may be found here: http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/) minor is synonym of maculata. So my opinion is yes, it is G. maculata Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 31-12-2010 12:44
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK, many thanks again. G. maculata will do for me. I hope your paper is well received and that it resolves the taxonomic confusion. I know some prefer to split than to lump, so realise others may take a different view!
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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