Posted by Sundew on 30-06-2011 23:06
#1
Hi,
This fly I photographed in Austria, Tyrol, Niederthai (1.500 m) in last August. The combination of such long antennae with the peculiar wing venation is a strange thing for me. The only family suggestion I have to offer is Dixidae (meniscus midges). Can this be confirmed?
Many thanks, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 01-07-2011 10:33
Posted by John Carr on 01-07-2011 01:26
#2
Keroplatidae:
Macrocera
To the best of my knowledge nothing else in Bibionomorpha or Culicomorpha has such long, thin antennae compared to body size.
Posted by Sundew on 01-07-2011 10:32
#4
Thanks to both of you - this is a new and interesting family for me. Is this a female? Though it has only four legs, it might enrich the gallery.