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Chironomidae ?
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Posted on 12-06-2013 13:29
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 Hi !

Center of France 12 june 2013, near a small river, size 9 mm
Is it possible to get genus of that pretty green male
Legs are green except pale brown-grey tarsae.
Thanks for help

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 Probably Chironomini. Male.
 
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 Thanks John Smile
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 My guess would be Parachironomus, with that colour pattern and size, but would need a close-up of genitalia to be sure.
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 Hi Tony

The best I can do :
evdb attached the following image:


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 I posted a female looking like :
http://www.dipter...d_id=55138
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 A dorsal view of genitalia is needed to resolve the question. Parachironomus is one of a group of genera with very small appendages between the main claspers.
 
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 Thanks anyway John ; next time I'll notice that.
Hereby it was not easy
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