Comments on: The Mystery of the Unexplainable Life History https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-the-unexplainable-life-history/ Discovering biodiversity through taxonomy and photography Wed, 09 Nov 2016 21:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.30 By: Z.L. Burington https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-the-unexplainable-life-history/comment-page-1/#comment-453557 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:34:22 +0000 http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/?p=3309#comment-453557 Excellent, Morgan. Although, I see some differences in the size and shape of the pre- and post-gonites in those pictures, and the phallus. From those differences alone I would consider /all three/ different species. Calypterate flies often don’t differ much between sister species in their genitalia. In my sword flies, I’m seeing slight differences at best. So maybe S. dux is a species complex, not only the scorpion feeding one but also the more widespread carrion/parasitic feeders?

~Kai

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