Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae)
 Tephritidae larvae?
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| Marcello |
Posted on 10-01-2014 20:00
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Member Location: Padua - Northeast Italy Posts: 577 Joined: 01.07.12 |
I found two of this larvae under the bark of a rotten trunk, could they be Tephritidae larvae? They are long 3-4 mm 10.01.2014 - North Italy    Thanks for the help! Ciao, Marcello http://www.flickr...loconsolo/ |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 16-01-2014 18:11
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Certainly not. Lonchaeiadae, Pallopteridae, Ulidiidae, maybe, but not Tephritidae (some species have larvae living under bark in the Oriental Region and its neiborhood, but not in Europe).
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 16-01-2014 18:11 Val |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 16-01-2014 19:18
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Possibly Chloropidae (form of mouthhooks + this type of posterior spiracles) |
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| Marcello |
Posted on 16-01-2014 20:41
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Member Location: Padua - Northeast Italy Posts: 577 Joined: 01.07.12 |
Thank you for the answer, I hope to see the adult! Regards, Marcello http://www.flickr...loconsolo/ |
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| Marcello |
Posted on 16-01-2014 22:56
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Member Location: Padua - Northeast Italy Posts: 577 Joined: 01.07.12 |
Just another thing, today I checked for to see if they was still alive, well they are fine and .. they jump! I don't know how they do but I saw they flex and jump up to 2-3 cm! Like a springtails. Really funny.
Edited by Marcello on 17-01-2014 00:17 http://www.flickr...loconsolo/ |
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| Marcello |
Posted on 16-01-2014 23:50
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Member Location: Padua - Northeast Italy Posts: 577 Joined: 01.07.12 |
Maybe this image could help more, anterior spiracle with 6 lobes:
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 27-01-2014 11:04
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 459 Joined: 25.11.04 |
Larvae like these found under bark in Europe are, as Valery says, most likely Lonchaeidae or Pallopteridae - two closely related families so its not always easy to distinguish between the larvae from photographs. Lonchaeidae larvae are known to "jump" (one species is called saltans = the leaper). My advice is to keep them cool and moist in the material collected from under the bark and hopefully they should pupate and emerge as adults ......... Iain http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/ Iain MacGowan |
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| Marcello |
Posted on 27-01-2014 16:55
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Member Location: Padua - Northeast Italy Posts: 577 Joined: 01.07.12 |
Hi Iain, thanks for the info! Yes, I think too it could be a Lonchaeidae. I'm trying to keep them cool and with the material that I collected under the bark, I added some sawdust and I hope to see the adults! Ciao, Marcello http://www.flickr...loconsolo/ |
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