Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gall Midge ?

Posted by LordV on 16-03-2006 13:09
#1

Anyone confirm an ID on this little fly -body 3.1mm long taken South Coast UK Yesterday (15/03/06) basically black all over.
Thanks
Brian V.

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Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-03-2006 13:20
#2

Gall Midge = Cecidomyiidae?
If so, I'd rather say Sciaridae, than Cecidomyiidae.
Nikita

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-03-2006 13:48
#3

You are right Nikita, it is a dark-winged fungus gnat, Sciaridae.