AuthorClements, D.K.
Year1990
TitleProvisional keys to the Otitidae and Platystomatidae of the British Isles
SeriesDipterists Digest
TypePaper
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
SourceDipterists Digest Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 6: 32-41.
IllustrationsLine drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A key to the British Otitidae and Platystomatidae.

The version handed out at the BENHS Workshop (1994) included a further key to Helina and Melieria (DKC, 1994) and diagrams of genitalia of male Herina (DKC, 1994)

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens, set with legs pulled down to reveal sides of thorax

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentPLATYSTOMATIDAEsignal fliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationCurrentOTITINAEa subfamily of pictured-wing fliesAnimalia: Diptera: Ulidiidae
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