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 Unknown Nematocera (19.10.10) --> male Trichocera annulata
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2010 03:35
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13920 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! I'm not even sure about the family (Keroplatidae?), this 5 mm midge belongs to. In a spider web in our garden (northwest Germany). Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [43.09Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2010 23:04 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| xylo |
Posted on 21-10-2010 06:28
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On the first look you may get fooled by thinking it is Macrocera (Keroplatidae), but have a closer look at wing veins..... It is a male Trichoceridae. so long, xylo |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2010 06:42
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13920 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, xylo! xylo wrote: On the first look you may get fooled by thinking it is Macrocera (Keroplatidae), but have a closer look at wing veins..... It is a male Trichoceridae. Thanks a lot! I must admit, that on first glance "on location" I also thought it was one of the momentarily ubiquitous Trichocera (*). But then on the PC it looked so - strange... (and had too short antennae for a Macrocera). But that may be due to the unnormal wing posture in the spider's web. (*) For example: http://insektenfo...tid=108058 http://insektenfo...tid=108059 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Andrius |
Posted on 21-10-2010 17:52
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
This is a male of Trichocera annulata Meigen, 1818 - rather common species and easily distinguished by the banded abdomen. Andrius |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-10-2010 23:04
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13920 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Andrius wrote: This is a male of Trichocera annulata Meigen, 1818 - rather common species and easily distinguished by the banded abdomen. Thanks, Andrius. I had suspected that after xylo's reply, but I did not know whether there were other species banded like this. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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