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Chironomidae...Male.
Roger Thomason	#1 Posted on 09-06-2012 01:30
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08	Found this tiny male at Burn of Valayre. <3mm-ish Roger Thomason attached the following image: [147.34Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 01:34


Roger Thomason	#2 Posted on 09-06-2012 01:31
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08	2 Roger Thomason attached the following image: [153.93Kb]


John Carr	#3 Posted on 09-06-2012 02:19
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10166 Joined: 22.10.10	Probably Pentaneurini. Superficially resembles some North American Larsia but the structural characters to ID are not visible (e.g. the genus has a very small lump on top of the thorax).


Roger Thomason	#4 Posted on 09-06-2012 09:24
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5254 Joined: 17.07.08	Thank you John. I don't normally post pics of these but thought this was such a distinctive looking little guy that I thought I would give it a try. A couple of closer shots, but I don't think it helps... Roger Thomason attached the following image: [84.15Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 09:25


John Carr	#5 Posted on 27-09-2013 22:40
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10166 Joined: 22.10.10	If you can capture specimens, a PhD student in Brazil is revising Larsia and could use more material. He would give you a name, or create one, assuming you do have Larsia.


Tony Irwin	#6 Posted on 28-09-2013 00:14
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04	Looks rather like Monopelopia Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


John Carr	#7 Posted on 28-09-2013 00:25
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10166 Joined: 22.10.10	Tony Irwin wrote: Looks rather like Monopelopia So it does. Never mind then. Larsia is more common in North America.