Thread subject: Diptera.info :: couple of tiny flies seen today
Posted by Toby on 05-04-2007 19:54
#1
unfortunately rather windy and these flies being only about 2mm it was hard to get anything in focus:
Posted by Xespok on 05-04-2007 19:59
#2
Ceratopogonidae.
Posted by Toby on 05-04-2007 20:20
#3
thanks, that solves the top one.
Posted by Xespok on 05-04-2007 21:24
#4
I think the lower one is the female. Female Ceratopogonids and Chironomids are quite similar though.They are very closely related Simuliidae being the other one in this close triplet of families.
Yet the first segments of the antennae suggests Ceratopogonidae.
Posted by pierred on 06-04-2007 06:28
#5
Hello,
With the fore legs pointing to the front, don't you think the second picture is a Chironomidae ? The thorax is also very different (hunchbacked).