Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stenochironomus cf. gibbus ?
Posted by Macrero on 10-09-2011 12:06
#1
Hi all, could someone help me to identify this Chironomidae ? Made on 27.08.2011 near Valladolid (Spain) Thanks in advance!
Edited by Macrero on 10-09-2011 12:29
Posted by Macrero on 10-09-2011 12:57
#2
Dicrotendipes sp. ? Can be ?
Posted by John Carr on 10-09-2011 15:30
#3
Probably not
Stenochironomus. It has the look of the
Chironomus group (which includes
Dicrotendipes) but I can't tell from this angle.
Most
Dicrotendipes have distinctive genitalia, with one of the inner pairs of appendages strongly curved up, as in
http://www.dipter...to_id=7177.
Posted by Macrero on 10-09-2011 18:38
#4
Thanks John, unfortunately I have no more pictures of this specimen :|
Kind regards !