Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Simuliidae > Simulium
|
|
| Stephen R |
Posted on 24-03-2011 19:16
|
 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
4mm wing, Moor Piece Wood, Clitheroe UK, 23 March 2011. I caught two female Simuliidae yesterday. Are they determinable from specimens? Anyone got a key? Stephen R attached the following image:  [56.06Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 25-03-2011 00:07 |
|
|
|
| Stephen R |
Posted on 24-03-2011 19:17
|
|
Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
2
Stephen R attached the following image:  [51.26Kb] |
|
|
|
| John Carr |
Posted on 24-03-2011 23:58
|
 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10169 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Looks like Simulium based on short R cell and minute or absent basal M cell. The marked legs and thorax are also consistent; about half the holarctic subgenera have them. I don't know how to ID European species. |
 |
|
| Stephen R |
Posted on 25-03-2011 00:06
|
|
Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks John, that's progress! |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |
