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| Seafry |
Posted on 16-08-2020 12:34
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Member Location: Posts: 89 Joined: 01.04.19 |
ID assistance please. Collected in South Africa.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-08-2020 13:14
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19317 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Scathophaga sp. Theo |
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| Seafry |
Posted on 16-08-2020 17:11
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Member Location: Posts: 89 Joined: 01.04.19 |
Thank you |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 16-08-2020 19:48
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
S. soror
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-08-2020 19:56
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14441 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: S. soror Looks surprisingly similar to our holarctic S. stercoraria (therefore 'soror' = 'sister'?). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Seafry |
Posted on 16-08-2020 20:06
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Member Location: Posts: 89 Joined: 01.04.19 |
Photograph taken in the town of George, Western Cape, South Africa. According to the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera we doseem to have S. stercoraria in the region. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 16-08-2020 21:07
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I used https://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_18/REJ_18_4_299_308_Ozerov where Ozerov gives only S. soror for S Africa. He is also wrote African manual. May be he changed his opinion? Tomorrow I will ask him. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 18-08-2020 08:57
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Ozerov confirmed: it is S. soror
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Seafry |
Posted on 25-08-2020 14:47
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Member Location: Posts: 89 Joined: 01.04.19 |
Much appreciated for the confirmation. Thank you |
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