Thread subject: Diptera.info :: cecidomyid?

Posted by Jean Leveque on 24-02-2009 09:07
#1

I'm just relaying the question of a friend:
"I have been looking for a good picture of a gall-midge and found
> several like this on Flickr but I want to check if the ident is
> correct? Is this a Cecidomyiid?"
The legs here look a bit too short, so I'm not sure. What do you think?

Posted by Xespok on 24-02-2009 10:00
#2

Cecidomyiidae is correct. There are long-legged and short-legged gall midges, they are morphologically quite variable.

Posted by Jean Leveque on 24-02-2009 10:16
#3

Thanks, Gabor!
Jean