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Sciomyzidae of northeastern North America
By Schorno S., Marshall S.A., Murphy W.L., Muzzatti M.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 35: 1-331, 2019
Cite: 1922683 with citation markup [cite:1922683]
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Contributed by v belov on 7 December, 2020 - 5:49pm
Last updated 24 May, 2023 - 2:51pm

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Errors in Limnia key
This is a good resource to have, but be aware that there appears to be a serious error in the key to Limnia. The characters in couplet 54 are reversed relative to other recent keys by Murphy et al., in which the ottawensis group (inluding L. fitchi) has a polished anterior corner, while the "typical group" lacks this trait. The photo of "Limnia sparsa" accompanying couplet 54 appears to actually be L. shannoni (a member of the ottawensis group according to (1)), which was unfortunately left out of the key, despite being reported in the more "southern" northeastern states of OH, IN, and NJ(2) (with additional online records in PA, NY, and CT).
… Chris Angell, 11 June, 2024 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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