Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 tiny green Chironomids
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| Sundew |
Posted on 16-07-2016 00:14
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Recently I came across a swarm of tiny flies that proved to be green Chironomidae. I suppose the females and male I photographed belong to the same species. Is there anything to be said about a taxon? Many thanks, Sundew These are females: Sundew attached the following image:  [184.83Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 16-07-2016 00:14
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This is a male:
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| John Carr |
Posted on 16-07-2016 00:18
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10550 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Maybe Dicrotendipes? I do not have my Chironomidae books with me. A closer look at the tail might help. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 16-07-2016 00:28
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
You are fast, dear John! Here come the best tails we have:
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 16-07-2016 17:33
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 Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
John Carr wrote: Maybe Dicrotendipes? I do not have my Chironomidae books with me. A closer look at the tail might help. Inferior volsella appears to be agreed with your hypothesis, and there's a kind of spur in the hind tibia. But I'm concerned about antepronotum, that is not really much visible from this photos. Edited by ValerioW on 16-07-2016 17:33 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 16-07-2016 23:37
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3938 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I think Dicrotendipes is a good guess, comparing the pictures in http://bugguide.n...860/bgpage. The decisive character of the genus, the bipartite appendices inferiores of the male hypopygium, is more or less recognizable in the left picture. The larvae are said to inhabit littoral sediments of standing (seldom flowing) waters, and this is a perfect description of the state of the Teltow canal, in the close vicinity of which the swarm was seen. Many thanks to both of you! |
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