Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cecidomyiidae with red halteres
Posted by evdb on 27-10-2015 17:24
#1
Hi !
Center of FRance, inside the house, < 2 mm.
Do these red halteres belong to a particular tribe ?
Posted by John Carr on 27-10-2015 20:12
#2
Do you have a picture showing wing veins? If it is Cecidomyiidae it should be subfamily Porricondylinae or supertribe Lasiopteridi.
Posted by evdb on 27-10-2015 20:45
#3
Hi John, I have one but not a good one :
Posted by evdb on 29-10-2015 21:48
#4
It looks like
Lestremiinae ?
Posted by John Carr on 30-10-2015 02:16
#5
Lestremiinae have five tarsomeres, the first similar to or longer than the second, and usually have ocelli. Porricondylinae and Cecidomyiidae appear to have four tarsomeres, usually because the first is very short and nearly fused to the second, and never have ocelli.
Posted by evdb on 30-10-2015 08:46
#6
Thanks John, I am not sure to be able to count tarsomeres number on that picture.
I suggested
Lestremiinae because of the fork M1-M2 (
http://www.drawwi...nerea-wing)
That midges are quite too small to get details from pictures in natura !
I'll try to collect one.
Best regards.
Posted by John Carr on 30-10-2015 11:16
#7
The apparent fork is the edge of the wing underneath.
Posted by evdb on 30-10-2015 12:21
#8
Oh yess, I see it now !
Thank you for taking the time John.
