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#1 2012-06-27 23:36:19
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- Name: Martin Harvey
- From: Buckinghamshire
- Registered: 2008-02-27
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Platypalpus minutus/australominutus
Can anyone describe the differences between Platypalpus minutus and australominutus, or provide access to Grootaert's 1989 paper on australominutus (http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/sgb_s … php?id=636)? Is it possible to distinguish females?
Thanks,
Martin
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#2 2012-06-28 00:39:35
Re: Platypalpus minutus/australominutus
I can try a scan of male genitalia tomorrow. Females are indistinguishable.
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#3 2012-06-29 01:49:14
- haematocephalus
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- Name: Martin Harvey
- From: Buckinghamshire
- Registered: 2008-02-27
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Re: Platypalpus minutus/australominutus
Thanks Paul - the scan would be most welcome, although unfortunately the specimen I have in front of me is female :-(
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#4 2012-06-29 12:36:40
Re: Platypalpus minutus/australominutus
Then you're stuck unless you can apply molecular techniques... 
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