Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is it Chaoborus?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 05-05-2006 20:36
#1
Moscow region, 05 may, 4mm, near pond, swarming with z-z-z.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-05-2006 17:10
#2
And if I put a question as "is it Chaoboridae?"

Posted by Xespok on 07-05-2006 19:16
#3
Why not Chironomidae?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-05-2006 20:05
#4
I wish I knewSad
My reasons was:
1. Venaition. Too complex. And it seems that M1+2 forked.
2. There are a lot of Chaoborus larvae in my pond. It has to exist imago too...

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-05-2006 16:50
#5
We shill have not Chaoboridae image in Gallery.
Well, if nobody confirm or disprove my "Chaoborus" imago, I can offer larvae of Chaoborus for Gallery.

Posted by Jan Willem on 10-05-2006 08:49
#6
Hi Nikita,

WOW, great picture of the larva!

I have no experience with Chaoboridae but it looks to me that you are right. For as far as I can see in the picture, more than 8 veins are reaching the wing margin what would mean, if I have understood correctly, that it is not a chironomid.

Jan Willem

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-05-2006 13:01
#7
Thank you Jan.
So, it seems to me. Please glance a look at wing, 9 vein reach wing margin, correct?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-05-2006 13:07
#8
And one more life photo.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-05-2006 13:08
#9
one more life photo

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-05-2006 13:30
#10
I checked the wing venation on the prepared wing and that seems to be correct for Chaoboridae. I will add them to the gallery later. Smile

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-05-2006 14:37
#11
Thank you Paul.
I think I can give full name.
Tarsus 1-st segment longer than 2-d - Chaoborus,
f and t without dark rings - not Ch. pallidus;
Abdomen unicolor, dark grey, f unicolor - Ch. crystallinus, larvae in ponds, where photo of both larvae and imago has beeen made.
Nikita