Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 20-08-2006 09:26
#1
Here a close picture of a little lonchaeid. Could it be in the genus Setisquamalonchaea? Picture from the Netherlands.
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 20-08-2006 09:27

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 20-08-2006 09:29
#2
Gerard, couldn't it be Fannia sp.?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-08-2006 19:29
#3
No, it definitely is Lonchaeidae.

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 28-08-2006 16:17
#4
Hi Gerard

As Paul states - this is a Lonchaeid - a female in the genus Lonchaea or as you stated Setisquamalonchaea. The tarsomeres are apparently all darkened but the key charactes for Setisquamalonchaea of two strong katepisternal setae and a group of long hairs on the squaml fringe are not visible - so I can't be sure of its exact identity. ........... Iain