Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Keroplatidae > Orfeliini
Posted by blowave on 06-08-2011 20:48
#1
Hello,
I tracked this down to a close Macrorrhyncha flava, but the cross vein near the base of the wing doesn't appear to be in the same place.
Size I think ~4mm, the pollen beetle in the pic is usually ~2mm. On Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium in my garden near Lincoln UK on 20th June.
I think this is in Keroplatidae but I found the genus on Drawwing in Mycetophilidae.
Edited by blowave on 09-08-2011 20:21
Posted by blowave on 06-08-2011 20:49
#2
crop
Posted by John Carr on 06-08-2011 23:44
#3
This is Keroplatidae, Orfeliini (M-Cu present, base of M weak or absent, R4+5 forked, antennae normal, branches of Cu not convergent near base).
Some of drawwing's drawings come from
Manual of Nearctic Diptera, which treats Keroplatidae as a subfamily of Mycetophilidae.
Posted by blowave on 07-08-2011 00:37
#4
Thank you John, at least I was in the correct tribe.
This is the list of genera we have in Orfeliini..
http://www.dipter...hp?id=1063
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-08-2011 09:32
#5
Macrorrhyncha has along proboscis, which is clearly not present here.
Posted by blowave on 09-08-2011 20:21
#6
Thanks for the tip Paul. :)