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 Sexing Chymomyza caudatula
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| djo |
Posted on 06-09-2021 13:46
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 191 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Hi all! This is acutely embarrasing - I can sex Drosophila without thinking (or a lens)... But what sex are these flies? Are they both male, or is the right on male, and the left one female? Thanks! D djo attached the following image:  [170.64Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-09-2021 14:09
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7236 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Both male - the curved tip of the aedeagus is just visible in both specimens.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 06-09-2021 14:12
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Member Location: Posts: 1208 Joined: 25.03.10 |
The two are males. Compare picture of a female of related species https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=4443 Note small subconical cercus and, below it, flat bristled lamellae of oviscapt, arising from near the median line. |
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