Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae or Chaoboridae ?

Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 19:09
#1

Size 4 mm, on bamboo leaf, near a little pound

Edited by evdb on 04-01-2012 19:16

Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 19:14
#2

Other view

Edited by evdb on 20-04-2013 18:29

Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-01-2012 23:48
#3

Chironomidae

Posted by evdb on 04-01-2012 23:59
#4

Thanks Tony.
Is it possible to go to genus from picture for this male ?

Posted by John Carr on 05-01-2012 00:54
#5

Tribe Tanytarsini. Genus is hard.

The 8th tergite is constricted (triangular) in Polypedilum and some Tanytarsini. In Tanytarsini the base of M is nearly continuous with R-M and R4+5; M turns an angle at the crossvein.

Posted by evdb on 05-01-2012 09:13
#6

Thanks a lot John, I appreciate to know the tribe, it was quite unhoped for me.