Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mosquito ID (EDIT: Dolichopodidae - Sciapus)

Posted by Jeroen K on 13-07-2010 19:49
#1
Is it possible to ID this mosquito (5 mm) I found in the hedge surrounding my garden, Kapellen, Belgium? Thanks in advance.
Edited by Jeroen K on 13-07-2010 20:50

Posted by Jeroen K on 13-07-2010 19:49
#2
Picture 2:

Posted by Roger Thomason on 13-07-2010 20:02
#3
Not a Mosquito :S.... Dolichopodidae :)

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-07-2010 20:03
#4
Sciapus

Posted by Jeroen K on 13-07-2010 20:43
#5
Thanks Roger and Paul! I was wondering where the mosquito-like mouthparts (stylet) were, but now I know it isn't a mosquito. Any chance for ID to species level? Which charachteristics are needed to identify the species?

PS: The only Sciapus species I can find on Waarnemingen.be (Belgian website for collecting nature observations) is S. platypterus... Is it this species or can it be excluded?
Edited by Jeroen K on 13-07-2010 20:43

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 16-07-2010 07:37
#6
platypterus can not be excluded