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 Nematocera: which family
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| kobra |
Posted on 13-02-2014 17:27
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Member Location: Belgium (Flanders) Posts: 152 Joined: 10.12.12 |
I would like to know which species this is It concerns this sighting http://scheldelan...w/68873698 identification uncertain Unidentified midges (Nematocera) - Nematocera indet observed at 2012-05-27 Wetteren - Slekkebeken  Thanks in advance for your answer, Koenraad |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-02-2014 00:21
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Ceratopogonidae
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-02-2014 00:41
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9849 Joined: 22.10.10 |
If the hind leg is enlarged with a large claw at the tip, it should be Allohelea tessellata. Allohelea is the only holarctic genus where males have raptorial hind legs, and Fauna Europaea lists only one species. |
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| empeejay |
Posted on 14-02-2014 15:25
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Member Location: Posts: 234 Joined: 15.05.06 |
I would have said male Serromyia sp. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-02-2014 15:41
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9849 Joined: 22.10.10 |
empeejay wrote: I would have said male Serromyia sp. I forgot Serromyia males had enlarged legs. The genera should be distinguishable by claw(s) on the hind leg: one large claw if Allohelea, two small claws if Serromyia. |
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| kobra |
Posted on 19-02-2014 19:21
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Member Location: Belgium (Flanders) Posts: 152 Joined: 10.12.12 |
Thank you for all the remarks. Not collected, so I can't check the caws any more and you can't see them on the picture. So it will probably stay an "unidentified midge". Regards, Koenraad |
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| kobra |
Posted on 19-02-2014 19:22
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Member Location: Belgium (Flanders) Posts: 152 Joined: 10.12.12 |
Thank you for all the remarks. Not collected, so I can't check the caws any more and you can't see them on the picture. So it will probably stay an "unidentified midge". Regards, Koenraad |
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but don't see the image in the post.
