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 Mycetophilidae?
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| Kman |
Posted on 30-03-2006 12:05
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Member Location: New Zealand Posts: 4 Joined: 29.03.06 |
Any clue on the Genus of these? Any info would be appreciated. There are a couple of photos to come that may help with the ID. Cheers, Kyle Kman attached the following image:  [155.44Kb] |
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| Kman |
Posted on 30-03-2006 12:07
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Member Location: New Zealand Posts: 4 Joined: 29.03.06 |
Here from the top down.
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| Kman |
Posted on 30-03-2006 12:09
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Member Location: New Zealand Posts: 4 Joined: 29.03.06 |
Here a close up on the legs.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-03-2006 12:20
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is difficult to be certain as the setae on the lateral part of the thorax are not visible and it is impossible to tell whether the veins are (partly) setulose or not but it has all the makings of a species of Mycetophila. Of course, if this is a New Zealnd critter, there may be genera that are nor present in the keys to the Holarctic fauna and that strongly resemble Mycetophila. For example, the cerci in this female are longer than the cerci usually are in the Mycetophila species that I have seen (but mark the word 'usually' .
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| Kman |
Posted on 30-03-2006 18:08
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Member Location: New Zealand Posts: 4 Joined: 29.03.06 |
Hi Paul, thanks for the quick reply, I appreciate that IDing from poor quality photos is a hard ask, especially foreign critters. I believe this photo shows that at least the Costa seems to be slightly setulose. Thanks for the info, Kyle Kman attached the following image:  [150.94Kb] |
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