Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Psychodidae: Clogmia?
Posted by marcaumarc on 19-12-2011 22:53
#1
I just found thousands of these in a damp banana farm by a small stream. They look like Clogmia albipunctata to me, although I have also seen this cited as Telmatoscopus. These are from St. Martin, Lesser Antilles. I am posting a couple photos, the last one looks quite different, but maybe is just missing hair.
Posted by marcaumarc on 19-12-2011 22:53
#2
second photo.
Posted by marcaumarc on 19-12-2011 22:54
#3
Last photo, different but maybe just old/damaged.
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 20-12-2011 23:22
#4
The two first ones look like
Clogmia albipunctata, the only species of
Clogmia with a wide distribution. Some authors still place it in
Telmatoscopus, but this should be avoided as the genus is currently not very well defined.
The third one looks different, but I won't attempt to put a name on it at present.
Posted by marcaumarc on 21-12-2011 13:47
#5
Thanks, Gunnar! I guess I should have looked more carefully to see if there were more like the third one.