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| John Carr |
Posted on 25-02-2020 16:15
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10175 Joined: 22.10.10 |
I am trying to understand Becker's 1912 German language revision of North American Chloropidae. Can "Brustseiten" be translated simply as "pleura" or does the word refer to a specific group of sclerites? Does it include the sternopleura? A couplet with "Sternopleuralfleck gelbrot" leads into another "Brustseiten ganz fleckenlos". Perhaps the Brustseiten are only the anepisternum and anepimeron in modern terminology. |
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| Ectemnius |
Posted on 25-02-2020 19:21
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 846 Joined: 22.11.11 |
Hello John, As far as my German goes "brustseiten" is literally "sides of thorax". So yes, pleura and entirely I would think. But as you point out that is not the case. Maybe he defines it somewhere, but in my experience those old keys might also be constructed completely wrong. Kind regards, Ectemnius |
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| eklans |
Posted on 25-02-2020 19:23
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 3693 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi John, I don't think Becker means a specific group of sclerites. Literally "Brustseiten" are the sides of the thorax - so you are right and it should simply be translated as "pleura". Eric |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 01-03-2020 01:59
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10175 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Elsewhere in his paper I found the sentence "Brustseiten mit deutlichem schwarzen Sternopleuralfleck." So the sternopleura can be included. |
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