Thread subject: Diptera.info :: wingless Nematocera? > Sciaridae?
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-02-2017 08:37
#1
Hi everyone,
this was kinda mysterious... I just wanted to get close to the insect, but it disappeared though I couldn't see any wings. To me it looks like a wingless nematoceran - who can see sth more?
Length: (very) roughly 2 mm.
2016-07-10, northern Germany, garden
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 04-02-2017 10:25
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-02-2017 09:41
#2
Probably Sciaridae
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-02-2017 10:18
#3
Ok...thanks again. Are there any wingless spp. known or was this an accident more likely?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 04-02-2017 14:35
#4
There are several genera in which the females are often wingless (notably
Epidapus, but also
Trichosia,
Parapnyxia and
Pnyxia. The abdomen on this specimen looks odd, not like a typical male or female! Some Cecidomyiidae also have wingless females, but your antennae look more like Sciaridae, and I think I can see a tibial spur in one photo.
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-02-2017 19:18
#5
Ok! Good to know this, thanks for your explanation. I was disappointed I couldn't take some good pictures, but one day I'll find that species again.