Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helina reversio? = Helina sp

Posted by johnes81 on 22-11-2017 21:47
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I have trouble with the leg chaetotaxy because many hairs/bristles are missing (hence, the need for authors to include genitalia.) My microscope is not expensive enough to see the sockets for the bristles on the legs. Chaetotaxy (or hair counting) is not always practical for everyone. Muscidae specialists rarely include genitalia in keys :|