Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Mystery Cecidomyiidae
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-09-2019 00:08
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10662 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Seen today (2019-IX-7) next to my house in Massachusetts, USA. I showed photos to an expert on regional fungivorous Cecidomyiidae and he didn't recognize it despite the unusual characters. 2 mm long, about 8 globular flagellomeres, basitarsi of normal length, no tibial spurs visible, narrow complete eye bridge, horn on anterolateral margin of thorax, large pale bristles on outside of fore coxa. What I can see of the wing veins is consistent with Lestremiinae s. str. but I can't rule out Micromyinae. John Carr attached the following image:  [143.65Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-09-2019 00:09
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10662 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Female terminalia. Too bad it flew away before I could catch it.
John Carr attached the following image:  [46.28Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-09-2019 06:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
If wing venation is indeed of the lestremiine kind, then Mathias Jaschhof reckons it is a species of Anarete, in particular because of the 8 subglobular flagellomeres.
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