Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Baltic amber.
#1
Friends of mine send me this as a present from Riga. Well, good present.
Looks like male of Mycetophilidae. Correct?
#2
Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae.
Posted by
Andrius on 03-02-2006 09:54
#3
Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae.
I'd like to disagree with Paul. Maybe the venation looks quite similar, but insect itself is not of "mycetophiloid" habitus. So I think it is Ceratopogonidae
There are many Ceratopogonids in Baltic amber and they are usual inclutions.
#4
You are right. I had a better look at the antennae and they are plumose. The whole habitus fits better, too.
#5
Thank you Paul and Andrius.
Just in case I add new better photo of same amber.
Nikita
#6
No doubt about Ceratopogonidae. Antennae fit (first antennal segment enlargered, plumose in a male specimen); wing venation fits (clustering of veins R1 and R2+3), legs fit, so midge fits.