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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 17-02-2011 08:36
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 665 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Picuture taken from Hong Kong. Found near streams. Grateful for its identification. Clive Lau attached the following image:  [159.95Kb] Edited by Clive Lau on 17-02-2011 10:58 |
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 17-02-2011 08:37
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 665 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Photo of its wing,
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 17-02-2011 08:37
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 665 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Side view
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 17-02-2011 08:39
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 665 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Head & antennae.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-02-2011 10:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19311 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Simuliidae
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-02-2011 02:38
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10084 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In North America unforked Rs, short R cell, and reduced or absent basal M cell would indicate Simulium. Bicolored legs are also consistent. I don't know if you have any other genera with those characters in Hong Kong. |
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 18-02-2011 06:17
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 665 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Thanks John for your hint. A few Simulium spp. have been reported from HK and the only local genus ever reported for the family is just Simiulium. So your genus ID is probably right. |
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