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 Psychodinae?
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| zcuc |
Posted on 26-06-2013 21:34
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Hi, Is it possible in this subfamily to get any id from a photo? zcuc attached the following image:  [148.1Kb] |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 27-06-2013 15:02
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Clogmia albipunctata |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 27-06-2013 15:04
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
To answer your question, it is generally not possible to identify Psychodinae from photos. If you find specimens that look different from this, please collect them after you take the picture  |
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| zcuc |
Posted on 30-06-2013 09:38
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Thanks Gunnar, Is there any good key to genus level of Psychodinae? |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 30-06-2013 21:30
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Not really. All existing genus keys that exist are mostly outdated or misleading in terms of nomenclature, systematics and/or taxonomy. Genus-level taxonomy in Psychodinae is still very poorly explored, and it is likely to change. The best is Vaillant's (1971-1983) key in E. Lidner's (ed.) Die Fliegen Der Palearktischen Region, which unfortunately is rather hard to find. It suffers from many weak points - the names are wrong for several of the genera, and many have been split since his time - but is still better than the other ones. |
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