Thread subject: Diptera.info :: problems with a tipula key

Posted by clovis on 09-06-2010 19:25
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Hello everyone :)
I'm new in this forum because I ressentelly interest myself in the tipulidae family by founding an old key of this family for France (i hope this new pation will stay a long time so i'll be annoying you for a while :)).
It's a key in french from Pierre edited (I think) around 1921.




http://p1.pikeo.c...jpg?seed=0

With this key i found for this female Tipula cava or lunata. The différences is: clear blotches for T cava and unclear blotches for T lunata but i've got no expérience and i can't tell :( so i'd need a little help






another question: 3 species of Nephrotoma have been described after the parution of this key (N saccai 1951, N submaculata 1928 and N sullingtonensis 1938 wouldn't you know what their characteristics are?



sorry for my english (i'm french, it's makes a good excuse lol)

Edited by clovis on 09-06-2010 19:26