Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae ? Hungary1 > Cecidomyiidae
Posted by pwalter on 31-01-2009 12:50
#1
Hi, this is a rather distinct Chironomid female. What subfamily could it belong to? It does not look like the common ones. Forest, by brook, NE Hungary, November 2007.
Edited by pwalter on 31-01-2009 17:04
Posted by Xespok on 31-01-2009 13:37
#2
Are you sure that this is a Chironomid? To me it does not look like one. Maybe a largish female Ceratopogonid?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 31-01-2009 14:43
#3
Any other photos, Walter?
Posted by Patrycja on 31-01-2009 14:55
#4
Chironomid? Ceratopogonid? I do not think so:)
Posted by pwalter on 31-01-2009 15:13
#5
Same image, from closer. I have a specimen but it's badly damaged :( In 2007 it was the very beginning of collecting insects for me and they vere not preserved well (this was half eaten by Liposcelis barkloeses) I can make images of head, and wing venation. Nowadays I put nematocera in alcohol to avoid damage:)
Posted by Tony Irwin on 31-01-2009 15:19
#6
I think this is Cecidomyiidae - possibly
Cecidomyia
Posted by pwalter on 31-01-2009 17:05
#7
Thank You Tony, the midge was 3 mm long. I have an image of the wing: