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This is a name that is no longer used (or widely accepted) in systematics/nomenclature. Obsolete family names are the most problematic.
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occiput
Posterior surface of the head (back of the head). Synonym: postcranium.
ocellar bristles
A pair of bristles that usually arise from the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus but that are sometimes displaced, usually outside the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus.

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ocellar setae
ocellar bristles (synonym)
odiniid fly
Vernacular name for the family Odiniidae.
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ovovivipary (synonym)
ovovivipary
Ovovivipary is a phenomenon where eggs not only develop in the female body, but also hatch there, and that the larvae are 'born' only when the conditions are favourable.
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Tony Irwin
23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

smol
23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

smol
02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

Nikita Vikhrev
28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

smol
28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

Nikita Vikhrev
08.05.25 18:22
I have

rvanderweele
03.05.25 08:35
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

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