Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae ID 20.11.2010
Posted by Claude54 on 24-11-2010 15:40
#1
Found on the glass of window at home. Guidonia - Rome - Italy - Dimension 4 mm
It seems to be similar to
http://www.dipter...ost_153494
Posted by Claude54 on 24-11-2010 15:41
#2
Head detail
Posted by Claude54 on 24-11-2010 15:41
#3
Genitalia detail
Posted by Claude54 on 24-11-2010 15:42
#4
Ventral view detail
Posted by Claude54 on 24-11-2010 15:42
#5
Wing detail
Posted by chironomus_1990 on 26-11-2010 14:05
#6
Subfamily Chironomini, maybe tribe Tanytarsini - but i can t see macrotrichia on wings////
Posted by John Carr on 27-11-2010 04:52
#7
The wings look hairy to me. My first impression was
Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) but the wing and genitalia look more like Tanytarsini (which also has hairy wings and constricted base of tergite 8). In North America there are only a few genera of Chironomini with hairy wings. They have different genitalia (long, straight inferior volsella with long hair at tip, usually).
Posted by Claude54 on 28-11-2010 13:58
#8
Thanks to chironomus & John:)
Regards
Claudio