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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 11-08-2007 16:09
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
What family does Melanomya (nana) belong to? According to Fauna Europaea it belongs to Calliphoridae, but I saw in this thread that Tony spoke about Rhinophoridae. Could anyone enlighten me please ? Thanks. Stephane. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 12-08-2007 18:05
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Up.
Stephane. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 12-08-2007 18:13
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Traditionally Melanomyia was placed in the Rhinophoridae, based on the shape of the calyptrae. In the 1970's or so, it became apparent that this feature is not 100 % reliable. Since then, Melanomyia has been reared from snails, which settles the argument instantly: Melanomyia was transferred to Calliphoridae Theo |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 12-08-2007 18:22
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Many thanks Theo. 
Stephane. |
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