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 Tachinidae > Medina separata (male)
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-07-2010 19:54
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Oh, that's very good of you - thanks  I just happen to know exactly what's in my collection (and what I don't have) because I finished databasing the whole lot a few days ago. For the first time I have a database of all the specimens plus all of their data - wohoo!! 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-07-2010 11:35
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OK, I have had a quick look at Stephen's specimen this morning and I have to agree that the distinction between male seperata and multispina is a little 'marginal'. The tuft of hairs (short and fairly dense) and the tergite dusting (very sparse and vanishing dorsally) lean towards seperata but I wouldn't call the calyptrae 'dark brown', except for a small patch where it joins the body. So, in the absence of a determined M.multispina we'll call it M.seperata, as Theo suggested.
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 19-07-2010 15:29
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
ChrisR wrote: So, in the absence of a determined M.multispina we'll call it M.seperata, as Theo suggested. Would that be separata?  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-07-2010 17:39
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Stephen R wrote: ChrisR wrote: So, in the absence of a determined M.multispina we'll call it M.seperata, as Theo suggested. Would that be separata? That's the chap ... I never could spell
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