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 Nematocera, Tenerife, 03.2013.
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-04-2013 21:12
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, on Tenerife I collected this specimen. Maybe a male Culicidae? thanks in advance!
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-04-2013 21:13
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-04-2013 21:13
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 04-04-2013 21:29
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Psychodidae
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-04-2013 21:36
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Than must be a Phlebotominae I think, thank You!
Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 05-04-2013 10:16
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Bruchomyiinae look very much like Phlebotominae and do also occur in the Canaries. The wing venation is very similar to illustrations of the only Palearctic species, Nemopalpus flavus Macquart. To confirm I would need a close-up shot of the abdomen (in lateral view)?
Edited by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-04-2013 10:19 |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 05-04-2013 10:21
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
If it really is a Nemopalpus flavus, I would like to know the circumstances you collected it in - I will go to the Canaries next year, and I have promised some of my colleagues to get fresh material of this species for molecular analyses... |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 05-04-2013 10:29
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
I just showed the pictures to Rüdiger Wagner - he agrees that it really is Nemopalpus. Well done - this species is unique in the Palearctic fauna and is very rarely collected! |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 05-04-2013 13:15
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, many thanks. I saw 3 specimens around the house where we stayed, hanging on rocks or from the ceiling of an open garage. One specimen was sitting in a spider web. It was found between 9-10 pm. Location: La Luz, Orotava. I attach one more photo:
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