Posted by Kahis on 27-04-2008 19:15
#14
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