Posted by Nosferatumyia on 25-04-2013 17:15
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In all the modern keys, 5th tergite is ANATOMICALLY 5th tergite, and if the 6th tergite is present, this means
anatomically 6th tergite, and nothing else!
When I describe the acalyptrate abdomens (I was the author of certain keys, for instance, in the Manual of Central American Diptera and the forthcoming Manual of Afrotropical Diptera), I always metion numbers of the
anatomical tergites:
"syntergite 1+2", "tergite 3", "tergite 4", tergite 5", "tergite 6", "tergosternite 7", etc.
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 25-04-2013 17:16