Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Simuliidae?

Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-01-2009 22:57
#1
Can someone confirm this as a female simuliid or not?

location: Famalicão, Portugal
date: 21/12/2008

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Posted by Xespok on 05-01-2009 23:00
#2
Ceratopogonidae, female.

Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-01-2009 23:08
#3
Thanks Gabor:)! I think in Europe there are three genera in which females feed on blood: Leptoconops, Culicoides and Forcipomyia. To which of these genera does this specimen belong to?