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 Australian Ceratopogonidae
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 26-10-2014 03:23
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 Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
I believe this is Ceratopogonidae. Is subfamily or genera possible? Light trap. Townsville, Queensland. Graeme Cocks attached the following image:  [55.29Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 26-10-2014 03:31
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Culicoides Many species, some of which bite man. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 26-10-2014 03:51
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks John, I was hoping it was. I have on hand "Pictorial Atlas of Culicoides Wings". About 300 species pictured, should only take an hour. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 26-10-2014 04:11
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Culicoides clavipalpis Gp. sp. No. 11. This is a perfect match, however the species occurs in SE Queensland which is a long way from Townsville. So probably should just go with Culicoides clavipalpis group. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 03-11-2014 23:29
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9845 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Graeme Cocks wrote: Culicoides clavipalpis Gp. sp. No. 11. This is a perfect match, however the species occurs in SE Queensland which is a long way from Townsville. So probably should just go with Culicoides clavipalpis group. I would consider Townsville and SE Queensland close. According to the map of ecoregions of Australia, there is a huge expanse of "tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannahs, and shrublands" extending from the northeastern corner of Western Australia to the northern part of NSW, bordered inland by desert and along the coast by patches of forest. Townsville and Brisbane have similar climate, about a meter of rain per year and always above freezing. In North America many species of insects range from southern Canada to northern Florida, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Plains, about 2,000 km in each direction. This region is bordered on the south by subtropical climate where winters are not cold enough to consistently freeze the ground, on the north by the transition to boreal forest, and on the west by the transition from forest to grassland or from grassland to mountains. In the West patches of habitat are smaller and distributions often more restricted. |
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| Graeme Cocks |
Posted on 04-11-2014 00:03
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Member Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 3083 Joined: 09.09.08 |
Thanks for your thoughts. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
