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 Is this a Sarcophaga?
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| ChasMacey |
Posted on 27-11-2005 20:33
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Member Location: Surrey England Posts: 126 Joined: 22.11.05 |
Hi again, I have tried following a couple of your previous threads regarding Sarcophagita and Calliphorid flies but still remain unsure as to the differences. Am I right in saying this is a Sarcophaga ? Also if I only know the family name such as Calliphorid what is the correct way to label the image ? Calliphorid, Calliphoridae, or Calliporid sp. ? or something else ? as I would like to be as correct as possible with my names. Cheers Chas  |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 27-11-2005 20:58
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think, that with this "taxi" colour of abdomen you can use subfamily name - Sarcophaginae. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-11-2005 10:57
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19009 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Another very useful rule of thumb: Any calyptrate fly with 'traffic-red' coloured eyes, like in this picture, is bound to be a Sarcophagidae - Sarcophaginae. So, this is a Sarcophagidae, subfamily Sarcophaginae indeed. congratulations. About the spelling: the proper family names are Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae. In running english text, however, these are sometimes abbreviated to Sarcophagids etc,. The world expert, Thomas Pape, even frequents 'Sarcs'. Not sure how he calls 'Callis' ?? Theo |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 28-11-2005 11:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Correct would be using the names without capitals as they are no longer true scientific names, so sarcophagids and calliphorids. If sarcs is used and you want an equivalent for the calliphorids, I think it should be 'callies' (compare with 'dolies' for Dolichopodidae).
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| ChasMacey |
Posted on 28-11-2005 21:28
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Member Location: Surrey England Posts: 126 Joined: 22.11.05 |
Thanks all of you who replied, I think I will use sarcophagids and calliphorids as I don't like the abbreviated forms. Regards Chas |
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