Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae: Alliopsis cf. fractiseta

Posted by Kahis on 27-04-2008 19:15
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Michael Ackland wrote:
Thank you for your remarks Susan. Perhaps it was all worthwhile, studying anthomyiids for 50 years!! Now you can guess how old I am.


53? ;)

I think anthomyiids got their bad rep from the fact that they are so numerous and - unlike the other families mentioned - rather easily photographed in the field. So we got a constant stream of pictures nobody could identify. Until you rescued us from this downward spiral that is!

Staying on topic, I just got my scanner fixed and started to digitize male genitalia drawings from Hennig's anthomyiid revision. Genus Egle was the first stop, and together with Michael's keys & drawings I can finally make some sense of these common flies B)

Today's Egles: ciliata, rhinotmeta, steini

Edited by Kahis on 27-04-2008 21:44