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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 18:43

Thorax of Tachinidae - Dexiinae. Photo copyright ? A.W. Thomas.

1 - haltere 2 - anterior spiracle 3 - posterior spiracle 4 - anepimeron 5 - meron 6 - katepisternum 7 - postpronotum 8 - proepisternum 9 - proepimeron 10 - coxa 1 11 - coxa 2 12 - coxa 3 13 - trochanter 1 14 - trochanter 2 15 - trochanter 3 16 - notopleuron 17 - transverse suture 18 - subscutellum 19 - postscutellum 20 - scutellum 21 - anepisternum 22 - scutum

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 21:30

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 18:49

Original photo.
Photo copyright ? A.W. Thomas.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 21:43

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 19:05

Notes:
1) Below the number 13 begins the femur 1.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 19:05

Posted by Tony Irwin on 27-09-2007 19:42

Hi Jorge - this is a great start -

I have a couple of corrections, though -

You have the anepisternum coloured yellow and numbered "3" (confusion with posterior spiracle)
The notopleuron (your number 16) usually refers to just the triangular area with two large bristles at the "base" of the suture - i.e. just the bit above the anepisternum. The area infront and behind it are just lateral areas of the scutum.

Posted by conopid on 27-09-2007 20:03

Jorge,
The colours are very useful. It's good to also see the original photo, without the added colours. As Tony I says - this is a great start. This will be a very useful resource.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 20:23

Thank you a lot, Tony. I will fix it right now. The numbers were repeated.

Thank you, Nigel.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 20:51

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 21:32

Tony T, I fixed it.

I would like to acknowledge your photos and I'm grateful the fact that you shared to me the photos.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 21:59

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-12-2007 18:24

In Asilidae:
postpronotal lobe, pprn lb; humerus (pl. humeri); humeral callus [1]; postpronotum [7]; humeral callus = posterior area of posterior pronotum [8]

your humeri is the postpronotal lobe in Asilidae for example.

Usually the humeral callus (=humerus - in singular) in Tachinidae (and others) refers to the postpronotum. Remember that humeri is the plural of humerus.