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#1 2011-12-20 14:09:40
- oceanlis2000
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Hoverfly Q
Looking at the diagram in Stubbs and Falk I noticed that the tergites of the male are labelled 1-4 and then pregenital segment, in the female are they just labelled 1-5 tergites?
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#2 2011-12-23 01:41:15
- PIERRE MILLE
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Re: Hoverfly Q
Hello,
You talk about how syrphid ?
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#3 2011-12-23 15:26:45
- oceanlis2000
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Re: Hoverfly Q
Hello Pierre
I'm looking at the diagram of a hoverfly and in particular the tergites in the male its tergites 1-4 and then pregenital segment so I'm assuming that in the female it's tergites 1-5 I'm trying to gets the basics right with the terminology perhaps there is another name for the 5th tergite in the female, I don't know that's why I'm asking!
With Best Wishes
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#4 2011-12-24 19:38:37
- PIERRE MILLE
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Re: Hoverfly Q
Hello Oceanlis 2000,
I looked in the three 'morphological features of adult Syrphidae Used in the STN keys "of the publication of 2010 Syrphe the net. "
==> On page 93 Eristalis tenax, male abdomen, Ventrella view ==> 4 + sternites and tergites 7 8 + epandrium (male terminalia : abdomen)
==> On page 94 Syrphus ribesii, female abdomen lateral view right side ==> 8 tergites and ventral egg-guide.
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#5 2011-12-30 13:42:34
- oceanlis2000
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Re: Hoverfly Q
Thanks for your help Pierre
Hope you managed to get a Xmas break!
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