Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae key

Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-06-2007 23:06
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jorgemotalmeida wrote:
seminationis is a noun. It is a genitive of seminatio--- it means "of reproduction" (or something like that) :) . I'm curious about the meaning of Platystoma... because I didn?t find in dictionary. :S

your new avatar. :D ehehe


I think "Platy" refers to broad or flat and "stoma" to mouth, so Platystoma means "broad-mouth".

The new "face" is the posterior end of a Tipula larva. Having taken the photos, I couldn't resist cropping one for a new avatar - this is exactly what it was like - no Photoshop alterations! B)