Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Madagascar tropical rainforest

Posted by pbertner on 22-11-2011 09:36
#1
Ceratopogonid midge parasitizing a cranefly:

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Crop:

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Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul

Posted by Andrius on 24-11-2011 09:18
#2
Very nice picture! I am afraid it would be difficult to tell what cranefly it is from this perspective.
Edited by Andrius on 24-11-2011 09:19

Posted by John Carr on 24-11-2011 13:59
#3
The midge looks like a predator (Ceratopogoninae) rather than a parasite (Forcipomyiinae).

You can see M-Cu intersecting the middle of the discal cell but I would have to look up which (sub)family that suggests.