Thread subject: Diptera.info :: male Chironomidae - Stenochironomus cf. gibbus

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2007 18:47
#1
Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.29
* size - 5 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - woodland (many ferns (some small trees..), Fagus spp., Pinus spp., Acacia sp., Urtica sp., and others)
* substrate - Caught with entomological net-


I think this is chironomid fly - a male..


ps it is really alive. ;)B)

EDIT ---> Title changed from "male Chironomidae" to " male Chironomidae - Stenochironomus gibbus" There was a slight doubt about gibbus so the title turns now: "green Chironomidae - Stenochironomus cf. gibbus"

this is a very young male chironomid.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-05-2007 00:49

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-04-2007 23:09
#2
this seems to be Chaoboridae! :S

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-04-2007 15:37
#3
According to Dr. Martin Spies, this is Stenochironomus cf. gibbus - a male (just finished get out from pupa - a very young chironomid). See Green Chironomidae thread to see a very much older male chironomid.