Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chironomidae ?
Posted by dorobirar on 06-05-2020 21:51
#1
Hello,
I have no idea, which species this could be - probably Chironomidae.
Austria (West) - Vorarlberg - Lustenau - Alter Rhein - approx 410 m above sea level - 2020 May 1
best wishes
Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-05-2020 09:34
#2
Chironomidae, Tanypodinae,
Procladius female
Posted by dorobirar on 07-05-2020 10:38
#3
Probably the best determination one can get from this photo ...
many thanks, Georg
Posted by John Carr on 07-05-2020 11:47
#4
Tanypus vilipennis?
Posted by dorobirar on 07-05-2020 13:09
#5
Now I have a second determination and can choose ...
You still added a question mark, John - does this mean that you are not 100% sure? T. vilipennis is one of the three species of Tanypus in Austria (according to Janecek et al. 2017), and I think the pic neither shows T. kraatzi nor T. punctipennis. So if you are sure that the genus is Tanypus, is should be T. vilipennis.
many thanks and best wishes, Georg
Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-05-2020 14:17
#6
Closer (and more careful!) examination of the picture indicates that the venation is more like
Tanypus - John is quite right, and I withdraw my suggestion.
Posted by John Carr on 07-05-2020 14:30
#7
I can't see clearly where the m-cu crossvein is relative to the fork in Cu, except I can see Cu is not long-petiolate as in
Procladius. The scutal tubercle suggests
Tanypus; the tubercles in other genera are much smaller. There is only one species in western Europe with such weak wing markings.