Diptera.info

Posted by Chalky on 30-08-2016 23:23

Hi all,

As part of my PhD research I am conducting macroinvertebrate surveys in chalk rivers in the UK. While I'm pretty good with most families of invertebrates, diptera are a weak spot for me. It doesn't help that I only have a very basic guide where the major diptera families are described with images rather than proper keys.

Basically, I only really need to know the family, but I'd be interested to learn the species too. From my basic guide, it looks like this might be Limoniidae, but I could be completely wrong!

Any help gladly received!

All the best

Edited by Chalky on 30-08-2016 23:30

Posted by atylotus on 31-08-2016 07:17

Empididae. ID to genus level is very difficult but it belongs to a Clinocerinae for mainly it has 8 ventral pseudopods.

Edited by atylotus on 31-08-2016 08:19

Posted by Chalky on 14-09-2016 11:53

Thanks again, Atylous!

I can see those psuedopods!

Your contribution to my research is very much appreciated