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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asilidae ?

Posted by Claus Weisenboehler on 03-03-2007 17:45

Hi all,

here I have another picture of a pair of Asilidae (?) Can anyone help me in determination ?

Thanks Claus

D/BaW?/Vellberg 13.9.2005 Meadow with small rivulet

Posted by diphascon on 03-03-2007 18:47

Claus Weisenboehler wrote:
here I have another picture of a pair of Asilidae (?) Can anyone help me in determination ?
D/BaW?/Vellberg 13.9.2005 Meadow with small rivulet

Hi, I'd say "no" to Asilidae. Do you remember the size? They look like Ceratopogonidae to me.

cheers - martin

Posted by Susan R Walter on 03-03-2007 19:11

I agree - can't be Asilidae with those multi-segmented antennae - must be Nematocera of some sort.

Posted by Claus Weisenboehler on 03-03-2007 19:16

I measured the photo and the result shows that the female had a length of about 5 mm. Maybe it helps

Posted by Xespok on 03-03-2007 19:40

I think these are Mycetophilid midges.

Posted by diphascon on 03-03-2007 19:51

Xespok wrote:
I think these are Mycetophilid midges.

fits better than Ceratopogonidae, I must say ...
B)
martin

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2007 20:05

Possibly Dynatosoma.