Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mosquito Thailand
Posted by DidierBPN on 05-03-2019 02:23
#1
Hello, do you know the species of this mosquito ?
Didier
Informations about the picture :
North-East of Thailand
41130 Ban Phon Ngam
17.3633228, 102.9776517
date : 29/07/2018
size : unknown
Posted by eoseristalis on 05-03-2019 04:00
#2
Not a mosquito! Looks like a chironomid (family Chironomidae). My college advisor is an expert on these, but mainly of North American taxa.
Edited by eoseristalis on 05-03-2019 04:00
Posted by DidierBPN on 05-03-2019 04:17
#3
Ok, it was a mistake... I have to search in this family. Thank you.
D
Posted by DidierBPN on 05-03-2019 04:22
#4
(and if it is a Chironomus, I saw in the Catalogue of Life that there are 992 species...:|)
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-03-2019 09:54
#5
Female Chironominae (note the very long foreleg basitarsis).
Posted by DidierBPN on 05-03-2019 10:30
#6
ok, thank you very much.
Didier