Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Chironomidae/Chaboridae ID, please
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| treebeard |
Posted on 05-05-2017 09:18
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 614 Joined: 13.08.13 |
Hi everybody, is it possible to identify the species from this picture? I have no idea about this familly. Ispra, Italy, 193 m.a.s.l., lake bank treebeard attached the following image:  [183.88Kb] Edited by treebeard on 05-05-2017 11:14 |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 05-05-2017 10:17
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2158 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Looks like Chironomidae to me.
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| treebeard |
Posted on 05-05-2017 11:12
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 614 Joined: 13.08.13 |
Thank you, Jan Willem, what is the differnce between these two families? Would it be possible to identify it? Matej Schwarz |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 05-05-2017 11:54
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10444 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Tribe Chironomini. Chaoboridae have more complex wing veins. Males have antenna hairs in rings instead of uniformly scattered. Gonostylus is longer and thinner. The position of the front legs here, fore femur vertical and rest of leg horizontal, is distinctive for subfamily Chironominae. |
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| treebeard |
Posted on 05-05-2017 12:18
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 614 Joined: 13.08.13 |
Thank you very much, John |
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