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 Chironomidae Orthocladiinae? (female) 4mm
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| blowave |
Posted on 14-11-2010 14:55
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hello! Is it possible to give at least a genus for this? This was inside at night on 28th October, near Lincoln UK. I got a male the previous night which might be the same species, posting that separately. 3 pics Janet 
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| blowave |
Posted on 14-11-2010 14:55
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 14-11-2010 14:56
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 15-11-2010 23:22
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thanks to Patrycja, this is not Ceratopogonidae. Can anyone say which family it belongs to? I am thinking a subfamily of Chironomidae? Edited by blowave on 15-11-2010 23:23 http://cubits.org... |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 15-11-2010 23:40
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7346 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks like a chironomid to me, but can't place it in a subfamily at the moment.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 15-11-2010 23:52
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 Member Location: Poland Posts: 78 Joined: 02.07.08 |
For me also Chironomidae but I have never seen such hairy wings in chironomids :/ |
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| blowave |
Posted on 16-11-2010 00:03
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
The hairy wings put me off too! The closest I have found is Diamesinae.. http://bugguide.n...iew/243131 http://cubits.org... |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 16-11-2010 03:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10646 Joined: 22.10.10 |
I think it is Orthocladiinae, which has several genera with hairy wings. Diamesinae would have an M-Cu crossvein (often very faint) except in a few African species. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 16-11-2010 22:18
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you John! There's a lot of those.  I have changed the title. Edited by blowave on 16-11-2010 22:20 http://cubits.org... |
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