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 Which Nematocera family? --> Cecidomyiidae: Lestremiinae, cf. Anarete
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 17-10-2015 18:44
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Hi, I found this tiny fly (about 1 mm) drowned in an abandoned pool in an oak forest environment. Even the pics are not very well, the antennal fist articles are round like Phoridae, the others verticillate like Chironomidae, the wing venation is like Scatopsidar-Lestremiinae, but no idea what could it be (Iberian peninsula: Catalogne: Girona province: Beuda / 2015: 08: 25 / 400 masl)
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 17-10-2015 18:45
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Another view
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 17-10-2015 18:46
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An interpretation of wing venation (may be uncorrect)
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 18-10-2015 13:22
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Even I can not see if there are ocelli or not, Mycomyia (Cecidomyiidae) has the same kind of antenna (as drawn in Manual of Nearctic Diptera) so Cecidomyiidae can be a good clue. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-10-2015 15:51
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Maybe an Anarete. |
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 18-10-2015 16:23
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Member Location: Beuda, Girona, Catalonia Posts: 691 Joined: 23.03.06 |
Thanks John. I was just going to suggest that genus. Studying the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, I arrived to that genus (despite there are some european genus i do not know which tribe they are). The decreasing size of the floagellomeres is quite characteristic. May interpretation of wing venation was wrong. Here is one more correct.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 16-12-2015 03:14
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10620 Joined: 22.10.10 |
An enlarged pedicel is associated with male swarming, but is also present to a lesser degree in females of swarming species. In Lestremiinae the swarming genera are Anarete and Conarete. |
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| rafael_carbonell |
Posted on 25-01-2023 22:56
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Member Location: Beuda, Girona, Catalonia Posts: 691 Joined: 23.03.06 |
Thanks! |
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