This is a name that is no longer used (or widely accepted) in systematics/nomenclature. Obsolete family names are the most problematic.
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A pair of bristles that usually arise from the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus but that are sometimes displaced, usually outside the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus.
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Ovovivipary is a phenomenon where eggs not only develop in the female body, but also hatch there, and that the larvae are 'born' only when the conditions are favourable.
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
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo ok.com/groups/1798 95332035235/
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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