Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera: which family
Posted by kobra on 13-02-2014 17:27
#1
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
Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-02-2014 00:21
#2
Ceratopogonidae
Posted by John Carr on 14-02-2014 00:41
#3
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.
Posted by empeejay on 14-02-2014 15:25
#4
I would have said male
Serromyia sp.
Posted by John Carr on 14-02-2014 15:41
#5
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.
Posted by kobra on 19-02-2014 19:21
#6
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
Posted by kobra on 19-02-2014 19:22
#7
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