Thread subject: Diptera.info :: redish black-white Chironomidae?

Posted by uwe on 10-06-2009 00:12
#1

very tiny fly i spotted 8june here at Rotterdam outside between farmland, wetgrounds and forest, does anyone know a genusname or speciesname?
thanks
uwe

Edited by uwe on 10-06-2009 00:16

Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-06-2009 19:33
#2

I think female Cricotopini

Posted by uwe on 11-06-2009 09:25
#3

thanks Tony, I never heared from Cricotopini en also I cannot find any information. Is it probably the same than Cricotopus sp.??
uwe

Posted by Sundew on 11-06-2009 13:35
#4

"-ini" is the ending of a tribe name, and Cricotopus is the name-giving genus that belongs to that tribe, of course. I have no idea how many genera and species belong to Cricotopini, though...
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-06-2009 18:03
#5

Yes, Sundew is right - it's a tribe name - I'm not certain that this is Cricotopus, but if not that genus. then it's something very close. I'm too lazy (actually too busy) to check which genera it might include.