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 Dominicana, Tabanid
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 25-02-2016 04:24
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9577 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Barahona env.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 25-02-2016 04:36
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10697 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The key by Philip (1955) leads me to Chrysops variegata (De Geer, 1776), and at least one photo on the internet with that name is similar to your fly. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 25-02-2016 04:48
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9577 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Chrysops (Chrysops) variegatus. Thank you, John. It should be a common species, I collected a series of 7-8 specimens and was bited several times.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 25-02-2016 04:59
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10697 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: Chrysops (Chrysops) variegatus. Thank you, John. It should be a common species, I collected a series of 7-8 specimens and was bited several times. Philip either treated the genus as feminine or forgot to make names agree in gender. I learned to correct his North American names without thinking. This is only the second time I have looked at the tropical part of his key. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:01
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19380 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree. On the matter of spelling: this is correct, but one has to take care. -ops is from the Greek OO-ps (not Latin !) and the gender rules in Greek can be cumbersome. For instance, soma = neutrum ! But in this case, indeed ops is feminine. So variegata it is (or should be). Theo |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:07
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9577 Joined: 24.05.05 |
1. Theo and John, thank you! It is a pleasure to get name for the series of exotic Tabanid. 2. After reading John's reply I started to search here: http://www.diptera.org/NomenclatorSearch.php and found only after changing name (see: http://www.diptera.org/NomenclatorDetail.php?Recn=580665 ) Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 25-02-2016 15:33
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10697 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Theo, do you know if this species is closely related to the North American Chrysops flavidus group? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-02-2016 09:19
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19380 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I am not aware of any " decent" phylogenetical investigation of Chrysops The grouping commonly used is just for convenience, I guess. For instance in the Palaearctic sejunctus is pretty close to caecutiens, yet in another group due to the fenestrae in the wing pattern. I would not lean too heavily on such features. On the other hand ..... It does not disprove close relationship either. Theo |
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