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 Larvae found in UK chalk river in May (pt 3 of 3)
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| Chalky |
Posted on 30-08-2016 23:26
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 12.08.16 |
Hi all, As part of my PhD research I am conducting macroinvertebrate surveys in chalk rivers in the UK. While I'm pretty good with most families of invertebrates, diptera are a weak spot for me. It doesn't help that I only have a very basic guide where the major diptera families are described with images rather than proper keys. Basically, I only really need to know the family, but I'd be interested to learn the species too. Using my guide, I could not begin to identify this one. Sorry I don't have a scale to show the size. All help very much appreciated. Chalky attached the following image:  [144.98Kb] |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 31-08-2016 07:18
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
Looks to me like the larva of Curculionidae. |
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| solito de solis |
Posted on 01-09-2016 10:08
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 Member Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 404 Joined: 05.08.13 |
As Atylotus told it as a very good expert, it will be a Coleoptera larva, Curculinodea, difficult to discriminate without seing the adult habitus, difficult also to know if Curclionidae larvae are aquatic or not, as no simple features can distinguish both. |
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| Chalky |
Posted on 14-09-2016 11:57
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 12.08.16 |
Thanks very much, both. Ah, Coleoptera - the most confused order! I shall dig out the specimen and work out where I went wrong in assigning it to Diptera! All the best |
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