Paul Beuk 23 February 2018 16:41:06

Usually called tegula, see Glossary

oceanlis2000 23 February 2018 15:16:07

Hello and happy Friday Can any1 help with the translation of epaulet Die Halteren sind schwärzlich und Epaulet Thx

Paul Beuk 23 February 2018 07:16:24

If you stroll through the Stratiomyidae gallery you will come across this Ptilocera species.

Gerrit Oehm 21 February 2018 19:42:15

Just curious: which Stratiomyidae species is the one in the title of diptera.info?

oceanlis2000 09 February 2018 11:00:00

Thx very much for the help

crex 08 February 2018 15:09:05

Zootaxa 3785

crex 08 February 2018 15:07:11

syn. n. = synonymum novum = new synonym

oceanlis2000 07 February 2018 11:40:55

Hello Can anyone help out with this abbreviation syn. n. Thx

Sundew 25 December 2017 00:22:45

I join the others in wishing all forum members a wonderful Christmas season and a great New Year!

Renko 21 December 2017 19:44:28

Merry Christmas everyone !

mcerny 19 December 2017 08:29:51

Hello, is there anybody who have Agromyzidae from Azores, Madeira and Portugal? Milos

mspies 16 December 2017 15:08:13

If you know of any useful key(s) to the families of Diptera in the PUPAL stage, please send e-mail (spies@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de) or post references here. Thank you Martin Spies

oceanlis2000 15 December 2017 14:01:54

Danke Paul

Paul Beuk 12 December 2017 12:36:50

Thorax black, somewhat shiny, with sparse dark grey dusting.

oceanlis2000 12 December 2017 11:24:51

Thorax schwarz, etwas glänzend, mit spärlicher dunkelgrauer Bereifung Hallo, can anyone help translate the word Bereifung, I get tyre which of course doesn't fit Thx

oceanlis2000 20 November 2017 15:09:20

Pls sign to help save Botanophila fonsecai https://home.38degrees.org.uk/?s=Fonseca . Thx

oceanlis2000 17 November 2017 14:22:06

Thanks Paul, interesting point

Paul Beuk 16 November 2017 13:44:43

'Holding' might not be the perfect description. Apparently the armature makes contact with sensitive places on the female, coaxing her to agree to mate.

Paul Beuk 16 November 2017 13:43:05

Is was not quite sure whether the word would apply correctly, but, yes, that is okay.

oceanlis2000 15 November 2017 11:29:07

How about armature, would that fit? based on http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11 11/j.1365-3113.2008.00422.x/pdf it would seem that these spines etc are used to hold the female!