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 Baltic amber.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-02-2006 14:59
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Friends of mine send me this as a present from Riga. Well, good present. Looks like male of Mycetophilidae. Correct? 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-02-2006 16:59
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Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae.
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| Andrius |
Posted on 03-02-2006 09:54
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 315 Joined: 27.01.05 |
Well, difficult to see the details, but based on wing venation it would be Keroplatidae. I'd like to disagree with Paul. Maybe the venation looks quite similar, but insect itself is not of "mycetophiloid" habitus. So I think it is Ceratopogonidae  There are many Ceratopogonids in Baltic amber and they are usual inclutions. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 03-02-2006 10:02
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
You are right. I had a better look at the antennae and they are plumose. The whole habitus fits better, too. 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-02-2006 17:42
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9440 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Paul and Andrius. Just in case I add new better photo of same amber. Nikita 
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-02-2006 19:51
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
No doubt about Ceratopogonidae. Antennae fit (first antennal segment enlargered, plumose in a male specimen); wing venation fits (clustering of veins R1 and R2+3), legs fit, so midge fits.
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