Posted by hedy2411 on 20-02-2011 18:49
#1
Is this a female Geomyza balachowskyi..?
Picture is made 7-9-2009 in Zeist, Holland
Posted by Jan Willem on 20-02-2011 19:24
#2
Female of
Geomyza balachowskyi looks correct. However difficult to be sure without studying sternite 8.
Posted by hedy2411 on 20-02-2011 21:52
#3
Hello Jan Willem,
Can you show to a ****insect-knower where is sternite 8..?
Regards,
Hedy
Edited by hedy2411 on 20-02-2011 21:52
Posted by Jan Willem on 21-02-2011 09:07
#4
Hello Hedy,
Sternite 8 can be found at the underside of the abdomen at the tip, but it's in most cases retracted in the abdomen. When I identify collected specimens I very often need to boil the abdomen in a 10% KOH solution to be able to pull sternite 8 out.
So on a picture taken, even from the underside, in most cases you would not be able to see sternite 8.