Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Polypedilum sp. scalaenum (was Chironomidae?)

Posted by kurt on 10-08-2018 17:08
#1

Is it possible to tell Family and genus of this very small (1-1,5 mm) fly?
Photo from 7 August 2018 Kramfors 62 N, E 17 Ã…ngermanland, Sweden.

Thanks for your help in advance

Regards
Kurt Holmqvist

Edited by kurt on 12-08-2018 20:00

Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2018 19:29
#2

Looks a bit like Stenochironomus, but not one I recognize.

Posted by John Carr on 11-08-2018 04:04
#3

Probably Polypedilum based on wing pattern.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-08-2018 09:10
#4

Ah! - perhaps Polypedilum scalaenum?

Posted by kurt on 12-08-2018 20:00
#5

Thanks for your help John and Tony
Kurt Holmqvist