Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Senopterina caerulescens

Posted by Tony T on 13-02-2008 18:55
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North America, South Carolina, 28 May 1984. Lenght 11mm

EDITED: was Which Family?
Edited by Tony T on 14-02-2008 02:07

Posted by crex on 13-02-2008 19:15
#2
How should one interpret that M bend. Is it a closed cell or is that just an illusion?

Posted by Tony T on 13-02-2008 19:49
#3
crex wrote:
How should one interpret that M bend. Is it a closed cell or is that just an illusion?


Does this help ?

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 13-02-2008 21:39
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Platystomatidae: Senopterina caerulescens Loew 1873. There's a key by Shewell 1962: Can. Ent. 94: 194-200.

Posted by Tony T on 13-02-2008 23:38
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Nosferatumyia wrote:
Platystomatidae: Senopterina caerulescens Loew 1873. There's a key by Shewell 1962: Can. Ent. 94: 194-200.


Thank you. I found some info by Steyskal, Chapt. 64 in McAlpine's Manual of Nearctic Diptera. I have no access to journals.