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Calyptopogon cf. gibbosus from INDIA
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 Original title: Am I seeing Halteres?

Insect on white wall, attracted to porch light.
Body length ~6mm
Date: 23-Feb-2018 10:24 pm
Location: Near Chennai, INDIA

Many Thanks to John Carr for the ID
Diptera > Nematocera > Culicomorpha > Chironomoidea > Ceratopogonidae > Ceratopogoninae > Calyptopogon cf. gibbosus

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 I think it belongs to subfamily Ceratopogoninae. The halteres are visible just below where the mid legs and wing intersect. Can you post a picture of the rest of it?
 
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 The horns are huge tegulae, basal sclerites of the wing
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John Carr wrote:
I think it belongs to subfamily Ceratopogoninae. The halteres are visible just below where the mid legs and wing intersect.


Thank you very much. Smile

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Can you post a picture of the rest of it?


Glad to. Please confirm and I will update caption.
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 Definitely Ceratopogoninae. I'll try to find a genus name.
 
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 Calyptopogon cf. gibbosus (Wiedemann, 1824)

Some new species were described in 1995 and I do not have the paper:
Saha, N.C., S. Sinha, S.K. Das Gupta and S. Sarkar. 1995. The Calyptopogon species (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera) from India. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 14:29-34

Please submit to gallery.
 
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John Carr wrote:
Calyptopogon cf. gibbosus (Wiedemann, 1824)


Wow! Thank you very much. Smile Smile
 
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John Carr wrote:Please submit to gallery.


I did... It isn't appearing.. yet.
I had to downsize the image from 3000px wide to 1800px wide.

Thanks.
 
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 Sybmitted images need to be placed in their albums manually and it may last a while till I find the time to so that. I have my own 'backdoor' and can attach attachments from the forum to the Gallery. I just added both your king-size images. Wink
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Paul Beuk wrote:I just added both your king-size images. Wink


Thank you Smile
 
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