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Diptera Larva from Hyporheic zone
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Posted on 30-09-2015 14:35
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I have used Merritt and Cummins and the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, but no go. It looks Tipulidae like, however, the teeth move on a vertical plane. Any help with identifications would be great or even a push in the right direction. When I keyed it out it came out to Dolichopodidae. Thanks
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Never seen this one before, but it looks more like an Empididae of unknown genus. Were is it from (country, city?).
And welcome to The forum pete
 
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Atylotus, this specimen is from Medina County, Texas USA. From a creek. Collected with a Bou-Rouch pump into the stream bed. It just looks so different from any Empididae we have here. I see a lot of Hemerodromia around here. Thanks for reply and glad to be on the site.
 
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Did you check the manual of nearctic Diptera? If not I can send you an excerpt on Empididae. Then send me an e-mail (ton.vanhaaren{at}grontmij.nl).
 
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