Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hippoboscidae Ornithomya avicularia?

Posted by johnes81 on 03-06-2018 17:54
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Thank you, Theo. I appreciate your help :)

By the way, this is a male. I've looked at it a bit in the microscope. I see the claws and the pulvilli but what is the feather-like object called? does this piece even have a name? I suppose the purpose of it is for clinging to a host? or perhaps a sex comb? vide attachment with red arrow.