Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Ceratopogonidae] ---> Cecidomyiidae (Hong Kong) for i.d.
Posted by Clive Lau on 06-10-2021 13:36
#1
Found on the hind-leg of a local grasshopper (
China mantispoides) [Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Chininae]. I would be glad if the Genus name is known.
Edited by Clive Lau on 06-10-2021 23:14
Posted by Clive Lau on 06-10-2021 13:38
#2
Magnified
Posted by Clive Lau on 06-10-2021 13:38
#3
Wings
Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-10-2021 14:16
#4
I don't think this is Ceratopogonidae. The venation looks more like Cecidomyiidae (perhaps tribe Micromyini)
Posted by Clive Lau on 06-10-2021 23:15
#5
What a surprise to learn that it is probably a Cecidomyiidae fly! Don't know its member can be an ectoparasite of a grasshopper.
Posted by John Carr on 07-10-2021 16:52
#6
The fly eats fungus. It appears to be stuck to a strand of spiderweb.
Posted by Clive Lau on 08-10-2021 01:45
#7
Ic. Thank you Tony and John.