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Posted by Cranefly on 02-02-2010 11:33

These Chironomidae were collected in Kamchatka hot spring. First dried, then put in alcohol, a little deformed. But is it possible to say something in spite of all this?

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 15:24

It is an Orthocladiinae, but I'll ask a Dutch Chironomidae expert if he knows more. I'll keep you informed.

Posted by atylotus on 08-02-2010 16:36

We cannot tell you more than this. For us europeans it is impossible to say which species you have in Kamchatka. We can only try to give you a genus name when we take a closer look, but even this is not even 100% sure. According to our Dutch Chironomidae expert, you may ask your own Russian specialist on this matter (Makarchenko), but he probably did not study any larvae. Henk Moller (Dutch specialist) suggested the genus Diamesa, a genus living in such wells/springs.

Posted by Cranefly on 08-02-2010 16:51

Many-many thanks for the help.

By the way Kamchatka fauna according to many groups of Diptera contains many common european species and some nearctic at the same time though everybody wants to find there something in principle new...

Posted by atylotus on 09-02-2010 10:24

Diamesa doesn't belong to Orthocladiinae but to Diamesinae, so is may also be this subfamily too. If you like I can try to identify it to genus level.

Posted by Cranefly on 09-02-2010 10:55

Many thanks. I'll collect a lot of "SOS" larvae for you to send.