Posted by Steve Gaimari on 01-02-2011 00:10
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Luis wrote:
Thanks a lot Steve!!
If you say me your direction I can send you an adult.
If you think itīs easier I could try to make the genitalia and send you a Photo. Iīve never do genitalia of Diptera but I use to do on Lepidoptera.
How can I make difference between Leucopis, Pseudodinia, Plunomia and Chamaemyia?Is there any key?
Are caracteristic of all the Chamaemyidae the horns on larva and puparia?
Hi Luis,
My address is below. Make sure you send males - females are of no use (with few exceptions). Better that I do the dissections. As for keys to genera - there are keys in the Palaearctic Manual, the Nearctic Manual, the Central American Manual, the chapter in the Bei-Bienko series, etc. For larvae/puparia - yes the posterior spiracles being placed on these horns is characteristic, but there are a some genera where they are not pronounced. They are always pronounced in Leucopis though.
Cheers,
Steve