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Photo#498219
Copyright © 2011
KellyFarrell
Nematocerous fly - family help? -
Culicoides
Sierra Foothills REC, Browns Valley, California, USA
May 1, 2009
Size: 2.2mm
Does anyone have pointers on which family this fly might be in? I'm interested in its trophic role, if I can figure it out.
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Contributed by
KellyFarrell
on 15 March, 2011 - 5:01pm
Last updated 18 March, 2011 - 9:10pm
Moved
Moved from
Biting Midges
. I'm not certain but I think I've ruled out the similar genera.
Most
Culicoides
females are blood suckers, not necessarily human blood suckers.
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John F. Carr
, 18 March, 2011 - 9:10pm
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That's super-interesting! I'
That's super-interesting! I'd wondered about it and another morphotype that sometimes had what looked like a blood-filled abdomen in my samples. They were vacuumed from a field that excludes cattle for most of the year, though there are lots of native vertebrates like deer and rodents around, and there are cattle in the area.
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KellyFarrell
, 18 March, 2011 - 11:03pm
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Moved
Moved from
"Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera)
.
Do any of the feet have large claws and/or empodia? Can you tell whether the M vein is forked before or after the RM crossvein?
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John F. Carr
, 15 March, 2011 - 6:47pm
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Thanks for the help so far.
Thanks for the help so far.
Very unfortunately, I don't have the specimen anymore; the building is infested with cockroaches and they recently raided my collection. I'm super-frustrated with it, especially for reasons like this. There are no tarsal bits or wings left on the pin, and the other picture I have doesn't help with those characters. The front leg, bent backwards in this picture, looks like it *could* have an empodium. I can't distinguish a crossvein. Would these characters help give evidence for the family, or for subfamily or genus?
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KellyFarrell
, 18 March, 2011 - 2:43pm
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