Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera, Tenerife, 03.2013.
Posted by pwalter on 04-04-2013 21:12
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Hi, on Tenerife I collected this specimen. Maybe a male Culicidae? thanks in advance!
Edited by pwalter on 04-04-2013 21:14
Posted by pwalter on 04-04-2013 21:13
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Posted by pwalter on 04-04-2013 21:13
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-04-2013 21:29
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Psychodidae
Posted by pwalter on 04-04-2013 21:36
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Than must be a Phlebotominae I think, thank You!
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-04-2013 10:16
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Bruchomyiinae look very much like Phlebotominae and do also occur in the Canaries. The wing venation is very similar to illustrations of the only Palearctic species,
Nemopalpus flavus Macquart. To confirm I would need a close-up shot of the abdomen (in lateral view)?
Edited by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-04-2013 10:19
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-04-2013 10:21
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If it really is a
Nemopalpus flavus, I would like to know the circumstances you collected it in - I will go to the Canaries next year, and I have promised some of my colleagues to get fresh material of this species for molecular analyses...
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-04-2013 10:29
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I just showed the pictures to Rüdiger Wagner - he agrees that it really is
Nemopalpus. Well done - this species is unique in the Palearctic fauna and is very rarely collected!
Posted by pwalter on 05-04-2013 13:15
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Hi, many thanks. I saw 3 specimens around the house where we stayed, hanging on rocks or from the ceiling of an open garage. One specimen was sitting in a spider web. It was found between 9-10 pm. Location: La Luz, Orotava. I attach one more photo: