Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae or Chaoboridae ?
Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 18:09
#1
Size 4 mm, on bamboo leaf, near a little pound
Edited by evdb on 04-01-2012 18:16
Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 18:14
#2
Other view
Edited by evdb on 20-04-2013 17:29
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-01-2012 22:48
#3
Chironomidae
Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 22:59
#4
Thanks Tony.
Is it possible to go to genus from picture for this male ?
Posted by John Carr on 04-01-2012 23:54
#5
Tribe Tanytarsini. Genus is hard.
The 8th tergite is constricted (triangular) in
Polypedilum and some Tanytarsini. In Tanytarsini the base of M is nearly continuous with R-M and R4+5; M turns an angle at the crossvein.
Posted by evdb on 05-01-2012 08:13
#6
Thanks a lot John, I appreciate to know the tribe, it was quite unhoped for me.