Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 37

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,061
· Newest Member: Ivan Solodkii
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Chironomidae sp.?
· Id help
· Id help
· Meromyza sp.?
· Ephydridae
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Juergen Peters00:11:41
· Vlieg00:25:03
· John Carr00:33:30
· Huxicat2101:40:21
· fredroh01:40:44
· Nosferatumyia01:54:43
· weia02:32:34
· Carnifex02:41:42
· karl703:08:23
· Mucha Fero03:42:23
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Simuliidae sp. (Simuliidae)
lagura
#1 Print Post
Posted on 06-02-2009 03:04
User Avatar

Member

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Posts: 1241
Joined: 24.10.08

A small and beautiful one with golden thorax and some nice golden hair too. I think it could be a Platypezidae. But I couldn't find any quite like this on in the gallery.
Can it be identified?

Size: ~3mm
Date: 8 November 2008
Location: On a wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Thank You!
lagura attached the following image:


[143.23Kb]
Edited by lagura on 07-02-2009 02:13
www.bruphoto.com/2009/pics/larsdi.png
 
lagura
#2 Print Post
Posted on 06-02-2009 03:05
User Avatar

Member

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Posts: 1241
Joined: 24.10.08

Another view
lagura attached the following image:


[126.37Kb]
www.bruphoto.com/2009/pics/larsdi.png
 
Rui Andrade
#3 Print Post
Posted on 06-02-2009 05:21
User Avatar

Member

Location: Portugal
Posts: 3123
Joined: 19.06.07

Male Simuliidae, I think.
 
www.flickr.com/photos/rui_andrade/
lagura
#4 Print Post
Posted on 06-02-2009 13:03
User Avatar

Member

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Posts: 1241
Joined: 24.10.08

Thank you Rui.
www.bruphoto.com/2009/pics/larsdi.png
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Simuliidae male Diptera (adults) 3 28-04-2025 16:56
Simulium (m) <-- Simuliidae (m)? Diptera (adults) 3 28-02-2025 07:37
Simuliidae ? => Simulium Diptera (adults) 4 07-07-2024 13:12
Simuliidae from 10.02.24 --> Simulium sp. Diptera (adults) 6 13-02-2024 01:00
Is this very little guy a Simuliidae.. which? Diptera (adults) 11 28-06-2023 09:58
Date and time
17 September 2025 22:50
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
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.

08.09.25 16:17
Anyone has this article'A REVISION OF SPECIES OF THE GENUS CADREMA WALKER (DIPTERA, CHLOROPIDAE) FROM ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN'? Smile

24.08.25 16:55
Thanks for your proposal, but for me this option is ineligible.

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

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

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

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

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!

02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

Render time: 0.52 seconds | 240,898,895 unique visits