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British Flies; Platypezidae, Pipunculidae, and Syrphidae of Great Britain, by G.H. Verrall, 1901 Paperback – January 1, 2012

by George Henry Verrall (Author)
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 ...that 8. abbreviuta Zetterstedt was a synonym; I have seen the three female typical specimens of S. ahbreviata at Lund and noted that the bends do not go over the side-margins; also specimens sent by me to Loew were returned as exponents of his S. affini. I cannot follow Loew'i argument for retaining his name against the prior S. affinis of Fabricius, especially as he omits to note that there was also a prior S. affinia of Say, but anyhow the discussion must cease if Macquart's name for this species, which is distinctly prior to Loew's, be accepted. Rondani's description of S. flaviceps gives no characters which would separate it, and Bigot's type of S. rufinasutus can only be distinguished by the smaller extent of bright vertex, which is followed by two large yellow side dust spots between which is a small black line; I should consider it only a variety of S. latifasciatus were it not for the peculiar large frontal dust spots, and in a single specimen these may be misleading; its thorax is brightly shining with indistinct yellowish side lines and short pale pubescence. 16. S. nitidicollis Meigen. Eyes bare; abdomen rather ovate, middle bands continuous and broadly extended over the side-margins; thorax shining; antenna? luteous; anterior tarsi entirely yellowish. J. Face orange, rather dusted about the sides and bearing there and below some inconspicuous pale hairs, with the extreme front mouth-edge blackish; jowls blackish but obscurely orange against the lower mouth-edge; the pubescence on the back of the head is whitish yellow with some inconspicuous black hairs overhanging the upper part of the eyes; vertex shining black with black rather short Fig pubescence. Frons blackish grey above and at the sides, or even more extensively than that, but bright ora...
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    332 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
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  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    7.44 x 0.69 x 9.69 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1130793982
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1130793987
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ RareBooksClub.com (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 332 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1130793982
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1130793987
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.69 x 9.69 inches

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