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 'February Fly' NO2 --> Parydra littoralis?
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| MarcelP |
Posted on 11-03-2011 12:13
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 Member Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 25 Joined: 07.03.11 |
Hi, I´ve only once had the pleasure to see this fly. The picture is taken on 02/21/2010. There still was snow everywhere on the ground, only a little pit of water was non-freezed. Also quite sunny that day. Some spiders were already active too. The fly was quite little (sat on the water surface!). Any ideas about family or anything else of interest ? Thanks very much! 
Edited by MarcelP on 11-03-2011 12:46 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-03-2011 12:32
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7346 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Parydra cf. littoralis
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| MarcelP |
Posted on 11-03-2011 12:51
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Member Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 25 Joined: 07.03.11 |
Thanks Tony! Never heard of such a fly  Good to have a specialist here  By the way, stupid question, but what does cf. mean? Got a assumption, but what does it mean exactly? May anybody confirm Parydra cf. littoralis? (Just in case) |
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| brundlefly |
Posted on 11-03-2011 14:20
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Member Location: Posts: 154 Joined: 19.11.08 |
MarcelP wrote: By the way, stupid question, but what does cf. mean? Got a assumption, but what does it mean exactly? It is not a stupid question. The short answer is that the abbreviation cf. stands for "confer" and in this case indicates that the species determination is uncertain. A link to a pdf that describes the use of cf. and similar abbreviations in taxonomic nomenclature: http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2031/Pages%20223-227.pdf |
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