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Ceratopogonidae - Choco- Colombia
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Are these diptera attached to the wing of a Lacewing?
length is about 2 mm each.
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Ceratopogonidae; Female biting midge I think.
 
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Ectoparasitic Ceratopogonidae are in subfamily Forcipomyiinae.
 
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14.05.13 09:30
A partial catalogue of types @ MZH (Zool. Mus. Helsinki) by yours truly Smile http://www.luomus.
fi/elaintiede/hyon
teiset/tyypit/dipt
eratypes.html

04.05.13 11:19
OK, Paul! Smile

03.05.13 22:20
@milos: I need to check. Perhaps I have.

02.05.13 11:25
Thank you for your quick reply Smile

02.05.13 08:59
does anyone have Agromyzidae from Afrotropical region please

30.04.13 16:38
schulterbeulen = humeri kreutzborsten = crossed bristles

30.04.13 16:30
can anyone translate the german words schulterbeulen and kreutzborsten please? Wink

17.04.13 11:04
Anyone knows right away how many species of Diptera there are in Europe? Thanks.

14.04.13 23:28
Smile ok, Johanna!

14.04.13 23:27
Grin...what you prefer, we can discus this, during some good wine, cheese and many new pinned flies!

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