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 Anthomyiidae literature
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 21-01-2008 16:01
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I've collected quite a few anthomyiids this year among the muscids and tachinids, and was wondering if anyone could suggest a good starting point for their identification? |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 22-01-2008 14:07
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Michael Acland will happily send you his key if you email him. I can give you his email if you need it, but it will have to wait until I am at home, as I don't have it at work. I warn you though, trying to ID the little blighters will be deeply frustrating. 
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 22-01-2008 16:29
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Thanks Susan, an e-mail address would be useful. It would be satisfying even to get a handle on the family as a whole - they're just a big, black hole to me at the moment! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-01-2008 10:06
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Smoggycb - Susan is pretty right. It is not easy to follow the key. As you see there are no much IDs to anthomyiids flies in the gallery.  |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 24-01-2008 10:37
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Hennig, W., 1966-1976. 63a. Anthomyiidae. In: Die Fliegen der pal?arktischen Region 7(1) (Erwin Lindner, ed.): 1-974, pl. 1-78. E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart. It's a thousand-page tome with detailed descriptions, keys and figures. Unfortunately the price for this volume is pretty damn high (600?  ).
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 24-01-2008 10:41
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Thanks for the advice (and thanks for the e-mail address Susan). The anthomyiids are just about the only things I have left to id before the start of the season, so I should be able to put some serious time into them! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-01-2008 10:51
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 so expensive, indeed... |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 26-01-2008 19:08
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Dear all, this was Michael Acklands answer to my e-mail "The whole of my "package" of the British Anthomyiidae is shortly to be added to the web site: http://tachinidae.org.uk/site/index.php ", from where you should be able to download it for free. I am not quite sure when it will be available, but Chris Raper has it in hand. I will let you know when it is ready. It will still be available on a CD, and the price in future will be ?5 to cover expenses, but I am hoping that most people will be happy to download it." |
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| crex |
Posted on 26-01-2008 20:51
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I hope Ackland allow it being available for download on diptera.info ... |
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but don't see the image in the post.