Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Milichiidae (??) Qatar
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 08-10-2012 17:56
#1
Hi all,
I was sorting through some Qatar material today, and came across these two fellas... My immediate guess is Milichiidae although I am not at all sure. Can anyone help?
Cheers!
Daniel
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 08-10-2012 17:58
#2
Bigger pics... sorry!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-10-2012 19:37
#3
I'd suggest Ephydridae
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 08-10-2012 19:58
#4
Also the second one? Ephydrid would have been one of my guesses for the first, but not for the second.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-10-2012 22:02
#5
The darker one with the expanded hind tibia is surely
Leptometopa (Milichiidae)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-10-2012 22:03
#6
Why not Leptometopa?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-10-2012 22:21
#7
The smaller one with no arista might be an ephydrid - but it's not a genus I recognise.
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 08-10-2012 22:36
#8
Leptometopa is a confirmation of an id. I received from someone else... Great!
The small one does have an arista, but it's very difficult to discern on the specimen. I will have a closer look, but I was under the impression that it had ephydrid-like rays on the dorsal surface... and the mouthparts are well reminiscent of some ephydrids!
:) Cheers guys!
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 09-10-2012 08:03
#9
Got confirmation from Tadeusz Zatwarnicki that the smaller one is an ephydrid: Asmeringa sp. :)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-10-2012 08:16
#10
Gallery!!!
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 09-10-2012 11:22
#11
Sure!