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 Chironomidae, 04.05.2015 (2)
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 04-05-2015 18:38
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Naro-Fominsk env., Moscow region, Russia Wing length 4mm, wings clear, bases reddish. Head and palpi greenish yellow, antennae yellow, antepronotum greenish. Thorax mainly reddish-brown, posterior scutum and humeral regions with strong green pruinosity, some pleural regions also green. Scutellum reddish, postnotum dark brown with greenish tinge, with a longitudinal furrow. Halteres yellow with knobs more greenish. Abdominal segments mainly green, terminal segments more reddish, tergites basally with wide (up to 1/2 width) dark rings. Legs greenish yellow, tips of femora, tibiae and tarsal segments darkened, 2 terminal tarsal segments dark. Tibiae I very short, at least 1.5 times shorter than metatarsi I. Maybe nr. Cladopelma? Male genitalia. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [100.98Kb] Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-05-2015 18:43 While others can't climb, using infinite pains, I, gravity turning to jest, Ascend, with all ease, perpendicular planes, Rough or smooth, just as pleases me best. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 04-05-2015 19:18
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9896 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Not in the Harnischia complex (which includes Cladopelma) because the superior and inferior volsellae are both well-developed and hairy. I am away from my books right now. This could be Chironomus or near. The group including Polypedilum is similar but tends to have a single long hair at the tip of each inferior volsella. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 04-05-2015 23:44
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9896 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Chironomus (Chironomus). Compare aprilinus, luridus, riparius. I do not have descriptions of those species, only illustrations, and there may be additional similar species in Russia I do not know about. How long are the hairs on segment 2 of fore tarsi, the "beard", compared to the diameter of the tarsomere? |
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but don't see the image in the post.
