Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae...Male.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 01:30
#1
Found this tiny male at Burn of Valayre. <3mm-ish :|
Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 01:34
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 01:31
#2
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Posted by John Carr on 09-06-2012 02:19
#3
Probably Pentaneurini. Superficially resembles some North American
Larsia but the structural characters to ID are not visible (e.g. the genus has a very small lump on top of the thorax).
Posted by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 09:24
#4
Thank you John. I don't normally post pics of these but thought this was such a distinctive looking little guy that I thought I would give it a try. A couple of closer shots, but I don't think it helps...:|
Edited by Roger Thomason on 09-06-2012 09:25
Posted by John Carr on 27-09-2013 22:40
#5
If you can capture specimens, a PhD student in Brazil is revising
Larsia and could use more material. He would give you a name, or create one, assuming you do have
Larsia.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-09-2013 00:14
#6
Looks rather like
Monopelopia
Posted by John Carr on 28-09-2013 00:25
#7
Tony Irwin wrote:
Looks rather like Monopelopia
So it does. Never mind then.
Larsia is more common in North America.