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 Phalacrotophora pupa?
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 05-09-2016 12:40
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Hello, in the end of August I picked up a pupa of Calvia decemguttata in Germany, Saxony. The first photos of the pupa looked a bit strange. There was something like a hole behind the scutum. In the next days the pupa became darker and dried out. In the box with the Calvia pupa I found a small brown crumb which was not there before. The 3mm crumb looked like a pupa. In the Diptera Gallery I found a quite similar looking pupa (Phalacrotophora fasciata). The Phoridae family seems to have a lot of members. Can be concluded from the find circumstances and the shape of the pupa that it is a Phalacrotophora sp. or are there further possibilities for ID? Thanks, Marion Marion Friedrich attached the following image:  [71.65Kb] |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 05-09-2016 12:41
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-09-2016 22:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It's certainly a phorid pupa, and in association with Calvia, I'd say it will be Phalacrotophora
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-09-2016 08:20
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It certainly looks like the puparia I reared Phalacrotophora from. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 06-09-2016 17:16
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Many thanks for confirmation. I will wait some days. Maybe, it decides to hatch. Marion |
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