The biological, faunistic and other information attached to a taxon. Some species level taxa have low predictive value since almost nothing is known about them. Others have high predictive value, for example, Musca domestica, about which millions of words have been written.
Families obviously have lower predictive value than species.
Hmm, predictive value is relative. In some respects the predictive value of a ubiquist like Musca domestica is next to nothing where as that of the family Thaumaleidae may be quite considerable.
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n
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Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys...
I will keep this on my list and hope th
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"?
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