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 Psychodidae ?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-09-2006 11:03
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
I am thinking that nothing in Diptera is as furry as Psychodidae? On our bathroom curtain. Size was 2.9 mm. Stephen attached the following image:  [60.02Kb] Edited by Stephen on 04-09-2006 11:06 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Andrius |
Posted on 04-09-2006 11:19
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
You are absolutely correct about this creature being Psychodidae  Although I guess we could find other quite hairy flies in that vaste world of Diptera. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 04-09-2006 13:14
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Well, these might easily be the most ancient Dipterans still existing. Even Genus level identification from this image is quite hopeless. Could well be Psychoda sp since this fly keeps its wings tilted in a rooflike fashion. Psychoda alternata the most common species in this genus with a cosmopolitan distribution is very similar to your image, but it has fewer spots on the inner margin of the wing. I do not know whether this feature is variable though. Edited by Xespok on 04-09-2006 13:16 |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-09-2006 17:25
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Andrius, Xespok, thanks very much for your help with this one!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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