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 Would these be Culicidae?
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| lynkos |
Posted on 16-12-2005 18:00
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Photographed today in very bad light conditions. The male's bushy antenna makes me think of a Culicidae, but I am very probably way off course! About 3 mm long. Thanks, Sarah |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 16-12-2005 18:29
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Or perhaps more Chironomidae? Sarah |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-12-2005 22:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
The female does not have the proboscis for sucking blood that you would expect in Culicidae. I think that Chironomidae is an excellent identification. Maybe one of the terrestrial ones? Something like Smittia?
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| lynkos |
Posted on 17-12-2005 07:13
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Thanks for the confirmation Paul. The habitat was an area of wasteland in the middle of the town if that helps! Sarah |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-12-2005 15:28
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
LoL, no it does not. There are just far too many species for a non-chironomid dipterist like me.
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| lynkos |
Posted on 17-12-2005 18:44
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Two would be too many for me  . Thanks Paul, the family is just fine for me, Sarah |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 19-12-2005 10:02
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Could be Chironomus anthracinus (described by) Zetterstedt in 1860. I can't remember the size though and there are many other black species.. Take a look at the pictures athttp://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/kpbrodersen/Chiropics.htm I'll ask our resident chironomid expert to take a look. Robert |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-12-2005 12:55
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Nice effort and good find of a nice pic, Robert, but Chironomus species, I think, are always larger that the stated 3 mm. Despite my limted knowledge, I hope that I would have been able to recognise at least the subfamily Chironominae, and I would not place this one there.
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