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Ceratopogonidae?
gedra	#1 Posted on 20-06-2014 17:21
Member Location: Norway Posts: 327 Joined: 08.02.09	This fly was found in a light trap, outside Oslo, Norway. Not sure what family it is... Can it be ID'ed? gedra attached the following image: [118.9Kb] Edited by gedra on 20-06-2014 20:22 Geir


gedra	#2 Posted on 20-06-2014 17:21
Member Location: Norway Posts: 327 Joined: 08.02.09	another shot gedra attached the following image: [109.86Kb] Geir


gedra	#3 Posted on 20-06-2014 17:23
Member Location: Norway Posts: 327 Joined: 08.02.09	side view gedra attached the following image: [102.09Kb] Geir


ValerioW	#4 Posted on 20-06-2014 17:55
Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12	A Ceratopogonidae. No idea which species, sorry


John Carr	#5 Posted on 20-06-2014 18:32
Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9867 Joined: 22.10.10	Sphaeromias fasciatus?


ValerioW	#6 Posted on 20-06-2014 18:41
Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12	John Carr wrote: Sphaeromias fasciatus? Great! That's it (at least considering faunaeur.org). There's also S. pictus that is quite similar, but seems to be absent in Norway.


ValerioW	#7 Posted on 20-06-2014 18:49
Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12	A difference between the two species is scutellum's hairs, but here's quite hard.


gedra	#8 Posted on 20-06-2014 20:26
Member Location: Norway Posts: 327 Joined: 08.02.09	Thanks! I will keep it as Sphaeromias sp. Both S. pictus and S. fasciatus seems to be on the check list in Norway. Geir


ValerioW	#9 Posted on 20-06-2014 20:35
Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12	gedra wrote: Thanks! I will keep it as Sphaeromias sp. Both S. pictus and S. fasciatus seems to be on the check list in Norway. Really? Thanks for the update! Using faunaeur.org I was induced to exclude pictus presence.