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pwalter	#1 Posted on 16-03-2009 00:12
Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08	This female was found in a forest, NE Hungary, March. 2,5-3 mm long. Cool punk-head pwalter attached the following image: [86.43Kb]


pwalter	#2 Posted on 16-03-2009 00:12
Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08	2 pwalter attached the following image: [174.71Kb]


bbrown	#3 Posted on 10-05-2009 04:42
Member Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 103 Joined: 17.02.05	Megaselia sp. female (Phoridae)


pwalter	#4 Posted on 10-05-2009 21:55
Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08	Thank You! Could You please look at this Phorid also? http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=18103


bbrown	#5 Posted on 10-05-2009 22:25
Member Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 103 Joined: 17.02.05	Sure, that one is a Megaselia male. I'd need to see the actual specimen to attempt a species id. Brian Brown Entomology NH Museum of Los Angeles Co.


pwalter	#6 Posted on 10-05-2009 22:59
Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08	Thank again, how are such males identified? is it enough to put the genitals into KOH or NaOH and put on slide? or is the whole specimen needed to be put in KOH and put on slide?


bbrown	#7 Posted on 11-05-2009 02:27
Member Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 103 Joined: 17.02.05	You don't necessarily have to slide mount the specimen or even clear the genitalia; with a good microscope most specimens can be identified in alcohol. If you just need to see the genitalia, I suggest lactic acid is much safer than KOH or NaOH, with little chance of "overclearing" the structures. If you are going to slide mount the whole fly, then KOH, dehydration in clove oil, and mounting in Canada Balsam is what I'd recommend. Another option is to put the whole fly in lactic acid, identify it, then store it in glycerine in a microvial with the stopper pinned (a lazy, but convenient method). Brian Brian Brown Entomology NH Museum of Los Angeles Co.