Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Baltic amber.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-02-2006 14:59
#1
Friends of mine send me this as a present from Riga. Well, good present.
Looks like male of Mycetophilidae. Correct?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-02-2006 16:59
#2
Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae.
Posted by Andrius on 03-02-2006 09:54
#3
Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae.
I'd like to disagree with Paul. Maybe the venation looks quite similar, but insect itself is not of "mycetophiloid" habitus. So I think it is Ceratopogonidae ;) There are many Ceratopogonids in Baltic amber and they are usual inclutions.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-02-2006 10:02
#4
You are right. I had a better look at the antennae and they are plumose. The whole habitus fits better, too. :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-02-2006 17:42
#5
Thank you Paul and Andrius.
Just in case I add new better photo of same amber.
Nikita
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-02-2006 19:51
#6
No doubt about Ceratopogonidae. Antennae fit (first antennal segment enlargered, plumose in a male specimen); wing venation fits (clustering of veins R1 and R2+3), legs fit, so midge fits. :)