Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciaridae?
Posted by Holenester on 22-03-2019 20:12
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Please help to determine this fly. I found this fly inside wet cavity in aspen. Could it be Sciaridae?
Edited by Holenester on 22-03-2019 20:14
Posted by Holenester on 22-03-2019 20:13
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and last view:
Posted by Holenester on 22-03-2019 20:15
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another view:
Posted by Holenester on 27-03-2019 17:28
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Is there something I could help in determination? Close look (photo) at wing venation or something?
Posted by John Carr on 27-03-2019 18:16
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Female Sciaridae are difficult to identify. The asymmetric fork of vein M is unusual in the family. I think three genera share it.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 27-03-2019 18:20
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It is Sciaridae. You might be able to get it to genus, as you have the specimen, but usually the only useful bit for sciarid determination is the male genitalia. Females are usually regarded as hopeless!
Posted by Holenester on 27-03-2019 18:59
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Females are usually regarded as hopeless!
I can not agree! :) But many thanks for the confirmation. Family level, this is all i need, at least for now!