Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 39

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,072
· Newest Member: Topopa
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Ephydridae id?
· Chloropidae > Elachi...
· What fly?
· Sciomyzidae > Pherbe...
· Hybomitra male - nor...
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Azuro02:15:11
· weia02:45:59
· Moumoule03:44:51
· libor04:02:42
· Carnifex04:18:18
· ESant04:39:13
· Raimo06:00:39
· DedeLab06:12:55
· katerina dvo...06:42:39
· Sundew07:02:44
Latest Photo Additions

Gymnoclasiopa nigerr...

Aulogastromyia aniso...

Tephritis acanthophi...

Cordilura atrata (fe...

Cordilura atrata (fe...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Tabanus sudeticus (m...

Metacemyia calloti (3)

Metacemyia calloti (2)
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Print Thread
Chironomidae -> Cf. Chironomus
MorganA
#1 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 08:14
Member

Location:
Posts: 1069
Joined: 13.05.20

 A rather large Chironomidae.
Is it possible to identify?

South Norway 2. May 2022
MorganA attached the following image:


[275.75Kb]
Edited by MorganA on 11-05-2022 14:28
 
MorganA
#2 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 08:14
Member

Location:
Posts: 1069
Joined: 13.05.20

 2
MorganA attached the following image:


[297.37Kb]
 
MorganA
#3 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 08:15
Member

Location:
Posts: 1069
Joined: 13.05.20

 3
MorganA attached the following image:


[295.72Kb]
 
MorganA
#4 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 08:15
Member

Location:
Posts: 1069
Joined: 13.05.20

 4
MorganA attached the following image:


[245.86Kb]
 
John Carr
#5 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 13:01
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 10541
Joined: 22.10.10

 It is close to Chironomus. It looks like the superior volsellae are swollen at the base. Some of the species with that character have been moved in and out of Chironomus over the years.
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00
MorganA
#6 Print Post
Posted on 11-05-2022 14:27
Member

Location:
Posts: 1069
Joined: 13.05.20

 Thank you John!
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Chironomidae? -> Orthocladiinae Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae) 4 02-12-2025 21:08
Chironomidae sp.? --> Ablabesmyia sp. Diptera (adults) 5 23-11-2025 11:02
very small Chironomidae/Orthocladiinae, maybe Krenosmittia camptohleps ? Diptera (adults) 5 15-11-2025 20:46
black Chironomidae sp.? --> Orthocladiinae sp. Diptera (adults) 3 20-10-2025 11:32
Chironomidae sp. ? --> Cricotopus sylvestris Diptera (adults) 3 19-10-2025 14:37
Date and time
05 December 2025 03:05
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

Sundew
04.12.25 20:02
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

nichilme
03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

John Carr
01.12.25 22:29
I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

rafael_carbonell
29.11.25 21:57
I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

Nikita Vikhrev
19.11.25 12:31
It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

rvanderweele
15.08.25 10:15
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

rvanderweele
15.08.25 10:13
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo
ok.com/groups/1798
95332035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

Tony Irwin
23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

smol
23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

Render time: 0.78 seconds | 250,681,340 unique visits