Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tanypodinae (juv)

Posted by crex on 26-06-2007 22:35
#1
Location: Near Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 2007-JUN-26
Habitat: Resting on trunk of Pine (I think it was)
Size: A few mm

Can someone confirm if this is Chaoboridae!?

Edit: Subject changed (Chaoboridae?)
Edited by crex on 27-06-2007 06:14

Posted by crex on 26-06-2007 22:35
#2
The antenna.

Posted by crex on 26-06-2007 22:35
#3
The wing.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2007 23:06
#4
No, it's not Chaoboridae - see
http://www.dipter...#post_6543
for a typical chaoborid. (Note how the wings overlap, like a culicid.)
This has the jizz of a chironomid - the well-marked wings and slightly short front legs suggest Tanypodinae. It appears to be recently emerged - not fully coloured, and the antennae have yet to "bush out".

(Edit) - as in Chaoboridae #2 !
Edited by Tony Irwin on 26-06-2007 23:14

Posted by crex on 27-06-2007 06:18
#5
Thank you Tony (both threads)! It was the short frontlegs that fooled me. I'll try to keep an eye on how they hold their wings from now on ...