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

Posted by kurt on 10-08-2018 16:08
#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 Ångermanland, Sweden.

Thanks for your help in advance

Regards
Kurt Holmqvist
Edited by kurt on 12-08-2018 19:00

Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2018 18:29
#2
Looks a bit like Stenochironomus, but not one I recognize.

Posted by John Carr on 11-08-2018 03:04
#3
Probably Polypedilum based on wing pattern.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-08-2018 08:10
#4
Ah! - perhaps Polypedilum scalaenum?

Posted by kurt on 12-08-2018 19:00
#5
Thanks for your help John and Tony
Kurt Holmqvist