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 Ceratopogonidae biting a frog
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 21-11-2011 15:38
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
I was photographing this frog when I realized there were a couple of biting midges on the frog. Sorry, the frog leaped away before I could zoom in on the midge. Corethrellidae? (Edit: Ceratopogonidae) 
Edited by orionmystery on 21-11-2011 18:58 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-11-2011 15:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19333 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Ceratopogonidae
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 21-11-2011 16:17
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thanks for the ID Paul! |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 21-11-2011 18:09
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10134 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Likely Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea). You have about 30 species in Malaysia. See: Yu, Y.-X. and W.W. Wirth. 1997. Lasiohelea of Southeast Asia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Military Medical Science Press, Beijing, China. xiv + 88 pp. Edited by John Carr on 21-11-2011 18:09 |
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 21-11-2011 18:20
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thank you John. I have a 100% crop here: |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 21-11-2011 18:34
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10134 Joined: 22.10.10 |
What I see is consistent with Lasiohelea (basal antenna segments short, second R cell long and narrow). As far as I know there are only three (sub)genera that suck vertebrate blood, and this does not look like Culicoides or Leptoconops. I have not seen the reference I listed and I don't know if species can be determined from a photo. |
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