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 Muscinae, Muscidae, Hungary, August 2007
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| Xespok |
Posted on 25-10-2007 22:26
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
A Morellia sp?
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| Xespok |
Posted on 25-10-2007 22:27
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another similar image. Can this be identified to species?
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 26-10-2007 19:37
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Yes Gabor, it's Morellia. Difficult to give definitive ID, but given the frons width, the very dark scutum with pruinose midstripe somewhat shortened, could be Morellia simplex. Stephane. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 27-10-2007 15:07
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Thx Stephane. In Hungary only two species are common: simplex and hortuorum. How can you easily distinguish them? My keys rely on characters that are only visible from the lateral view, which I do not have, and many of them need a microscope anyways. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 28-10-2007 23:34
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
If we had to compare males of M. simplex and M. hortorum, we could use the frons width : At narrowest point, M. simplex has almost touching orbital plates, M. hortorum has frons 1.5 times as wide as flagellomere. Stephane. |
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