Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 White mosquito... Eurycnemus crassipes
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| picotverd |
Posted on 04-06-2012 22:57
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08 08 2009 pre-pyrenees near water that dries during august...
picotverd attached the following image:  [53.84Kb] Edited by picotverd on 05-06-2012 11:59 |
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| bahar 90 |
Posted on 04-06-2012 23:10
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Not Asilidae, but is it Chironomidae?
Edited by bahar 90 on 04-06-2012 23:15 Best wishes Bahar |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 04-06-2012 23:38
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Looks like a very odd male Chironomidae. Do you have a dorsal view? Interesting features are wing veins and male terminalia. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-06-2012 02:55
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The projecting scutum matches the description of Eurycnemus, and the thick fore legs would match the specific name E. crassipes (only European species). I do not know what this species looks like; most Orthocladiinae are not greenish but there are exceptions. Larvae are parsitic on Trichoptera, in flowing water. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-06-2012 10:04
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Seems to match the image given HERE, though that specimen might be somewhat bleached in the collection.
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