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 Nematocera Help Macrocera Keroplatidae Sciaroidea
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 29-06-2015 20:32
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 Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
A friend of mine photographed this tiny and delicate little Nematoceran. Does anyone have an idea of a tighter identification than that please?
jonrichfield attached the following image:  [179.81Kb] Edited by jonrichfield on 30-06-2015 07:01 Scientists often display a human failing: whenever they get hold of some new bit of truth, they decide it is the whole truth. GG Simpson |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 29-06-2015 20:33
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
Here is a photo showing the antennal length:
jonrichfield attached the following image:  [144.98Kb] Edited by jonrichfield on 29-06-2015 20:34 Scientists often display a human failing: whenever they get hold of some new bit of truth, they decide it is the whole truth. GG Simpson |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 29-06-2015 20:36
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
And finally a better view of the halteres
jonrichfield attached the following image:  [77.07Kb] Scientists often display a human failing: whenever they get hold of some new bit of truth, they decide it is the whole truth. GG Simpson |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 29-06-2015 20:50
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Macrocera sp.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 30-06-2015 06:52
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
Many thanks Gabor. You are certainly correct. I had never heard of Macrocera, nor even of Keroplatidae, so I doubly appreciate your assistance. I was amused and slightly consoled to see that some other entomologists had gone down the same path: Ah! Ichneumo... oops! Halteres... Tipulidae... noooo... Oh well, it is all education! Thanks again. 
Scientists often display a human failing: whenever they get hold of some new bit of truth, they decide it is the whole truth. GG Simpson |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 30-06-2015 07:57
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With vertical brown stripe on pleurae running down to middle coxa, it's probably Macrocera lateralis Freeman, 1970. A correction: antennae very long so it's rather M. africana Freeman, 1970 (much more widespread). Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-06-2015 17:28 |
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| jonrichfield |
Posted on 30-06-2015 19:47
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Member Location: Somerset West South Africa Posts: 87 Joined: 04.09.14 |
Thanks Dmitri, I'll pass that on. I really hadn't expected even a tentative ID at the species level. It seems to be a remarkably widely distributed genus. Scientists often display a human failing: whenever they get hold of some new bit of truth, they decide it is the whole truth. GG Simpson |
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but don't see the image in the post.
