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 Bibionid. Male?
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 30-08-2017 09:53
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 670 Joined: 17.10.06 |
This keys to male Bibio johannis using the Freeman & Lane RES Handbook. But the Handbook has an illustration of a male B. johannis and the terminalia don't look like the ones in my photo. But if my specimen is female, the hairs are the wrong colour. So, is this a male, please?
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 30-08-2017 09:53
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 670 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Collected 1 April 2017, dune slack, Newborough Warren NNR, Wales.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 30-08-2017 09:54
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 670 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Ditto.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-08-2017 11:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Clearly a male ( females have very small eyes) and it looks ok for johannis. The genitalia look wierd, did you distort them while retracting ? Theo |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 31-08-2017 11:58
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 670 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Thanks for the confirmation. The fly was collected into 70% alcohol and this is how it was when it dried out. I didn't do any manipulation. John |
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