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TG6 & Bibio keys

Hi folks,

I seem to remember recently seeing an article with advice for attaching a Olympus TG5/6 to a trinocular microscope but cannot seem to now re-find it. Can anyone on here with a better memory than me kindly point me in the right direction?

I’m also seeking a key to help me work through several Bibio specimens I have in my collection. I know there was an RES handbook but this is not one of the very useful free downloads on their website. If anyone could put me onto one I would be very grateful.

Thank you in advance!

 

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Hi Joshua,

I have just uploaded a digital scan of the British Bibionidae handbook you refer to at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356835849_Family_Bibionidae

Unfortunately, it is not a very high res scan - my high res scanner has just stopped talking to me! If I can re-establish communication I will put a high res scan up.

The handbook is quite old now but no new species have been added. John Skarveit has synonymised B. edwardsi on the grounds that he found mixed populations of B. varipes in Scotland with different coloured hairs on the thorax. So that is one less species. A number of people have found couplet 13 tricky (to be honest its not very easy) ending up with B. varipes as an id when in fact most specimens are the common B. lanigerus. Good luck.