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 Chionea, lutescens?
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-10-2005 22:39
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Around Moscow, night temp -5, midday - may be +2. Some Diptera! 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-10-2005 22:47
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Looks like Chionea, indeed. A Noptera rather than Diptera. 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 21-10-2005 23:00
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What I can't understand is what for it has "hindwings" whithout forewings?
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| Louis Boumans |
Posted on 23-10-2005 22:26
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Nikita, I presume you mean the halteres? I've never seen such an animal before; just found out that it is a kind of cranefly. Your picture is much better that the other ones I could find on internet. (see this link), |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-10-2005 01:13
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Yes Louis, I meaned halteres, I didn't find English word. For example, in Moscow city there are Culex pipiens without halteres. They fly soundless but like "ivory". So I thought that it prooved that halteres realy used for fly balance. But Chionea without wings and with halteres is contre this explanation. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 31-10-2005 21:35
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Nikita, here's another one from Moscow region. Found among fallen leaves (Quercus). Pictures were made on Oct.30, 2005, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. I'm not sure about number of segments in antennae, but it looks like there's 7 of them, so it might be Ch. lutescens.   |
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but don't see the image in the post.