Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Chironomidae
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| Carnota |
Posted on 14-10-2007 21:35
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 Member Location: Galicia (Spain) Posts: 170 Joined: 29.05.06 |
Please, can anybody tell something about this specimen? Galicia (NW Spain), Quercus suber forest, near a river, 7mm, 12-X-2007 Carnota attached the following image:  [41Kb] |
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| Carnota |
Posted on 14-10-2007 21:35
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Member Location: Galicia (Spain) Posts: 170 Joined: 29.05.06 |
Another view
Carnota attached the following image:  [71.44Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-10-2007 22:29
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
With a male like this, the easiest thing is to make a genitalia prep (on a slide) and compare it to some pictures! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Carnota |
Posted on 15-10-2007 20:30
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Member Location: Galicia (Spain) Posts: 170 Joined: 29.05.06 |
Thank you very mutch, Tony. Unfortunately, I have no information about Chironomidae. There exists a publication with keys and/or male genitalia drawings for separating the different european genuses? |
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| Carnota |
Posted on 15-10-2007 21:45
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Member Location: Galicia (Spain) Posts: 170 Joined: 29.05.06 |
May be the answer to my question is in http://www.dipter...&pid=35240 In the Appendix of the Contributions to a Manual of Palearctic Diptera there are 200 pages on Chironomidae. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 15-10-2007 21:50
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
That's the answer! Alternatively you could get hold of Pinder, L.C.V 1978 A key to adult males of British Chironomidae. Freshwater Biological Association Scientific Publication no.37 (2 volumes) - It's a bit out of date, and only does the British species, but it's a very good introduction to the family - and much cheaper than the Manual of Palaearctic Diptera! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 15-10-2007 22:03
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
manual of Palaearctic diptera should drop the price a lot. But I can understand that their huge work must be paid. |
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| Carnota |
Posted on 15-10-2007 22:51
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Member Location: Galicia (Spain) Posts: 170 Joined: 29.05.06 |
Thank you for your suggestion, Tony. I own the volumes 2 and 3 of the Manual, but the Appendix seems to be harder to find in the bookstores  |
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