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Information on Robber Flies
Terminology
Leg

Dysmachus trigonus, dorsal  Dysmachus trigonus, ventral - empodium & pulvillus
Fig. 1: leg
Fig. 1: leg
  Fig. 1:
1 = coxa (pl. coxae) [1/4]
2 = trochanter (united with femur) [1/4]
3 = femur (pl. femora) [1/4]
4 = tibia (pl. tibiae) [1/4]
5 = 1st tarsomere (pl. tarsomeres); metatarsus; proximal tarsal segment [1]; basitarsus [4]
6 = 2nd tarsomere [1]
7 = 3rd tarsomere [1]
8 = 4th tarsomere [1]
9 = 5th tarsomere; praetarsus [2]; pretarsus [3]; posttarsus [1]; distitarsus [4]; distal end of the 5th tarsomere = acropod [1]; unguitractor [4]
10 = empodium (pl. empodia)[1/4]
11 = pulvillus (pl. pulvilli) [1/4]
12 = claw/s [1]; unguis (pl. ungues) [4]

References

[1] McAlpine, J.F. (1981): Morphology and terminology - Adults. - In: McAlpine, J.P. et al. (eds.): Manuel of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 1; p. 9-63 - Ottawa: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph 27.

[2] Theodor, O. (1980): Fauna Palaestina - Insecta II - Diptera: Asilidae; 446 pp. - Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Science and Humantities.

[3] Hull, F.M. (1962): Robber flies of the world, 2 volumes; 907 pp. - Washington: Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224 (1,2).

[4]Crampton, G.C. (1942): Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Diptera, or true flies of Connecticut. The external morphology of the Diptera. - Bulletin of the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey 64: 10-165; Hartford.

 

 

 

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compiled by: F. Geller-Grimm, contents: F. Geller-Grimm & T. Dikow