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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>here's a glossary I prepared for
my book (if it ever gets published!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Associate Professor of Ecology, School of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> syrphidae-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:syrphidae-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>MERGEAY,
Joachim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 April 2012 00:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Hoverfly discussion list (syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Syrphidae] genitalia nomenclature etc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi there,<span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have a good standard work on male genitalia in
Syrphidae? <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m always a bit frustrated with the lack of clarity when
genital structures are mentioned in keys or figures. <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Somehow, it’s often found obsolete to indicate whether the drawing
shows a lateral/ventral/dorsal view, and even just naming parts is rather
exception than rule: epandrium, hypandrium/hypopygium, surstylus, gonostylus,
paramere, aedeagus, aedeagal lobe, ... Many of theses things seem to be taken
for granted. <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Identification guides go into great detail when it comes to
define a priori the structural sides of the thorax, wing morphology, etc. but I
have never seen this for Syrphid genitalia, nor how genitalia are modified
segments and how to “read” them. <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Often it’s called “genitalia” whereas it may refer only to a
specific part of the genital apparatus. That’s like showing a picture of a
first tarsus and labelling it as “leg”. Still, that’s pretty ok if you know
that the distal part of the leg is called the tarsus, but what to do if you
don’t know where to find a paramere if nobody told you in the first place where
it’s located, especially when it’s hidden by some other structure? <span
lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Interpreting such label-less 2D figures out of their
structural context when confronted with a 3D specimen under a stereomiscroscope
and linking this to a key can be really frustrating. <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I had hoped to find a pdf of CL Metcalf’s work “The
genitalia of male Syrphidae”. If anyone has it, I would be grateful to receive
a digital copy. Other suggestions are welcome as well. <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>joachim<span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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