Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Apodacra sp (Sarcophagidae)

Posted by John Carr on 30-04-2023 13:22
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Pape (1996) lists the important characters of Apodacra:
- Small body size.
- Extensive yellowish colour.
- Flagellomere 1 at least 3x as long as pedicel.
- Vibrissa short, not exceeding distance between vibrissal sockets.
- Vibrissa black and bristly, strongly contrasting to adjacent hyaline setulae. - No supravibrissal setae.
- Wing cell r4+5 closed.
- Wing vein M distal to bend strongly sinuously curved.