Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small yellow-red nematocera ->Lestremia cinerea

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:18
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Any ideas about this small (body around 2 mm) nematocera? From a green-house in our garden in south Sweden today.

Regards

Krister

Edited by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:48

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:20
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Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:21
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Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:21
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Posted by John Carr on 27-04-2023 13:21
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Cecidomyiidae, subfamily Lestremiinae.

(ID changed based on second photo.)

Edited by John Carr on 27-04-2023 13:22

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:21
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Posted by John Carr on 27-04-2023 13:31
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Runs to Lestremia or Anaretella in Jaschhof's key.

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:36
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Many thanks John Carr! Is there any key available to this subfamily with only 8 species recorded in Sweden?


Regards

Krister

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 13:46
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In the british key to Lestremiinae (Mikes Insect Keys) it fits well to a male Lestremia cinerea with "Gonostylus with a two-pointed tooth-like structure at the tip".

Krister

Posted by John Carr on 27-04-2023 15:21
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I consulted The Wood Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Lestremiinae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, one of several publications by Mathias Jaschhof on the Lestremiinae and Porricondylinae of Fennoscandia. They are not online as far as I know.

Posted by ebbek on 27-04-2023 17:11
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Thanks for info - looks interesting!

Krister