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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 04-11-2006 22:45
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
There's only one Scatophaga in my insect guide, and that one doesn;t have red eyes. Is my photograph detailed enough for species level identification? 4 november 2006 at Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Cor Zonneveld attached the following image:  [119.44Kb] Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 04-11-2006 23:19
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9305 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Cor. It is Scathophaga suilla. May be you are right about eyes color, but more important characters are red antennae, plumose arista, red shoulders and black apexes of yellow/red femoras. Nikita 1. To be 99% sure you have to collect fly after photographing  2. To be 100% sure you have to wait till somebody revise this crazy genus
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 05-11-2006 10:22
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Thanks again, I much appreciate you mentioning the crucial features! Now that you mentioned the eyecolor not being distinctive, I saw that my other Scataphaga indeed have reddisch eyes too. I think I noticed it especially because the entire anterior part of the head is read, instead of only the eyes. Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 05-11-2006 20:25 Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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