Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Nematocera family? (02.07.23) --> Ceratopogonidae, Ceratopogoninae

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-07-2023 21:05
#1
Hello,

a 5 mm midge on a rail over a small rivulet (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 02-07-2023 23:20

Posted by John Carr on 02-07-2023 21:07
#2
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae, maybe tribe Palpomyiini.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-07-2023 23:19
#3
John Carr wrote:
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae, maybe tribe Palpomyiini.

Thanks a lot, John! I instantly thought of Ceratopogonidae, but it seemed much too large for it. The Ceratopoginids I knew before all measured between 1 and 2.5 mm.

Posted by John Carr on 03-07-2023 00:08
#4
Juergen Peters wrote:
John Carr wrote:
Subfamily Ceratopogoninae, maybe tribe Palpomyiini.

Thanks a lot, John! I instantly thought of Ceratopogonidae, but it seemed much too large for it. The Ceratopoginids I knew before all measured between 1 and 2.5 mm.


Females in tribes Palpomyiini, Heteromyiini, and Sphaeromiini can be up to 5 mm wing length.