Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Chironomidae

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2016 19:43
#1

Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Light trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Edited by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2016 20:22

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2016 19:43
#2

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Posted by John Carr on 24-03-2016 20:08
#3

Chironomidae. That spine on the tip of the fore tibia means something, but I don't know what.

Edit: That's a mid tibia, so it means something different and probably less interesting.

Edited by John Carr on 24-03-2016 20:09

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 24-03-2016 20:22
#4

Thanks John