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 Culicidae larva Tripteroides tenax
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 14-04-2009 17:18
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
These Culicidae larvae were found in Nepenthes pitchers in Vietnam in June 2008
Cranefly attached the following image:  [55.8Kb] Edited by Cranefly on 20-04-2009 11:57 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-04-2009 20:17
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7282 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I don't know that you will get further than Tripteroides with this - it looks like an early instar, so rearing to last instar or adult is likely to be the only way to get a positive ID. I believe that the metathoracic spine is characteristic for this genus, and most (all?) of the species breed in Nepenthes.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 15-04-2009 15:33
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Many thanks for the answer. I have reached Tripteroides myself but I had a great hope that somebody may recognize it to species. They were so numerous and seemed to be very common species. |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 20-04-2009 11:56
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
After a week-research and with kind supervision of Dr.Ralph E. Harbach (Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum) I determined this larva as Tripteroides tenax (de Meijere, 1910). I think it was a great success!! |
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