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| Stephen |
Posted on 17-09-2006 19:19
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
I think this is a wasp-like fly but maybe I am wrong and it is a fly-like wasp. Odd antennae, they seem forked or doubled. Length, 1.9 mm. Attracted to mercury vapor light, West Virginia, USA. ID help appreciated. Stephen attached the following image:  [43.75Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-09-2006 19:41
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9338 Joined: 24.05.05 |
What a creature! Nevertheless I think it is Diptera, Brachycera. My reason is - Insecta have no forked legs or antennae, as Crustacea. Thus, the only possible explanaition I can find is, that it is enlarged 3-d antennal segment and long, hairy dorsal arista. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-09-2006 19:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19365 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Ceratopoginidae, a male. The longer part of the antennae are formed by the true antennal segments. The shorter part are hairs on the basal segments that come together to form a kind of brush.
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| Stephen |
Posted on 17-09-2006 20:30
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you Nikita and Paul. This one gave me trouble!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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