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 Sciaridae male, with lots of pics (Bradysia ???)
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:52
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, this little Sciarid was found in my house, in a terrarium with coconut-soil in it - currently only collembolas inhabit it. I spotted 2 male and one female Sciarids, around 4 mm long in the terrarium and cought a male. Using a microscope, I tried to identify it from Manual of palaearctic diptera. My guess is Chaetosciara (one european species, C. estlandica). Can anyone check and correct my assumption? Male: pwalter attached the following image:  [109.62Kb] Edited by pwalter on 27-12-2008 23:43 |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:53
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Female:
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:55
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Male head:
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:55
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Male thorax:
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:57
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Some features needed for ID: fore tibia from 2 angles, antenna and wing:
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:57
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Male terminalia, dorsally and ventrally:
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 15:58
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
And a rather useless picture of terminalia from side
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| phil withers |
Posted on 27-12-2008 20:27
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
I need to see if the fore tibia has a comb, but I think this is a Bradysia. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 27-12-2008 23:39
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You a lot, I made some images of fore tibia. I think the comb should be where the arrows are, right? I don't really see a comb but something brown is definetly visible. My other guess was also Bradysia At least they are close to each other in the key.
pwalter attached the following image:  [28.7Kb] Edited by pwalter on 27-12-2008 23:41 |
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| phil withers |
Posted on 28-12-2008 23:44
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Member Location: Lyon, France Posts: 521 Joined: 04.03.08 |
Yep - that's the right area; the comb is fine and transparent, and not in the same plane as the other bristles. Another possibility ,as this was in "soil" is Lycoriella. These tend to be frequent contaminants. |
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