Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gender of Acroceridae

Posted by colinleb on 05-08-2021 15:05
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Acrocera orbiculus. Taken as half of what appeared to be a pair in copula. Back at the ranch I cannot distinguish between them. Should I be able to see an obvious external difference in the terminalia? Do both sexes have holoptic eyes? Isolated elder bush on Bedfordshire, UK chalk. 29 July 2021.

Edited by colinleb on 05-08-2021 15:13