tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post4672107896522508398..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: Name the Bug # 21Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-88532022086106220052010-08-27T13:07:04.158+08:002010-08-27T13:07:04.158+08:00The ID is now available.The ID is now <a href="http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2010/08/name-bug-psectra-diptera.html" rel="nofollow">available</a>.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-67949627082617399312010-08-27T07:30:18.256+08:002010-08-27T07:30:18.256+08:00I'm commenting b/c I'd like to see what yo...I'm commenting b/c I'd like to see what your ID ends up being.Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-23493610268190301022010-08-26T21:24:24.390+08:002010-08-26T21:24:24.390+08:00By the way, are there any flying insects with vest...By the way, are there any flying insects with vestigial forewings, apart from Strepsiptera? If not, why not? And why did Strpsiptera go that way instead of the more conventional hindwing loss?Reprobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650084661969561056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-15455563512484025712010-08-26T21:11:17.092+08:002010-08-26T21:11:17.092+08:00I'm taking a tip from Kai: a flightless neurop...I'm taking a tip from Kai: a flightless neuropteran (the antennae being the giveaway) probably Hemerobiidae although there are flightless/brachypterous species in five of the 17 Neuroptera families so not sure of this (way outside my sphere of expertise)? Is it one of the flightless Hawaiian species (Micromus?) or the delightfully named Nusalala?Reprobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650084661969561056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-6458170828475672122010-08-26T19:13:56.433+08:002010-08-26T19:13:56.433+08:00It's a Hemerobiidae, one of the flightless one...It's a Hemerobiidae, one of the flightless ones with highly reduced hind wings. Have no idea beyond that.<br /><br />~KaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-37197334810508899892010-08-26T17:18:46.867+08:002010-08-26T17:18:46.867+08:00It's not a fossil insect, it's something a...It's not a fossil insect, it's something alive and well in the present day.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-92179884611889365582010-08-26T16:13:51.259+08:002010-08-26T16:13:51.259+08:00Or, having read what you wrote again about the win...Or, having read what you wrote again about the wings, I'll go with whatever Gunnar says. I shouldn't stay up this late.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-32385518027182505652010-08-26T15:39:59.337+08:002010-08-26T15:39:59.337+08:00Can I change that to Phlebotominae?Can I change that to Phlebotominae?Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-29165324276708032092010-08-26T15:34:57.229+08:002010-08-26T15:34:57.229+08:00Psychodidae? Sycoracinae?Psychodidae? Sycoracinae?Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-80845007147805155722010-08-26T15:32:08.172+08:002010-08-26T15:32:08.172+08:00The wing venation is far too complicated for Dipte...The wing venation is far too complicated for Diptera.<br />Ephemeropterans are supposed to have shorter antennae and at least traces of caudal filaments.<br />The tarsi have too many segments for Psocodea.<br />I know of no extant Neuroptera with reduced hindwings.<br /><br />This is challenging, which probably was the point.<br /><br />I will hazard a guess at a fossil Neuropteran with hind wings reduced or absent.Gunnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160004621405227245noreply@blogger.com