Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae with mite -> Pullimosina heteroneura

Posted by smol on 31-12-2023 14:00
#1

Netherlands, today

waarneming.nl/media/photo/82115828.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/82115829.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/82115830.jpg

Edited by smol on 26-02-2024 12:04

Posted by Steve Scholnick on 01-01-2024 23:50
#2

FWIW, I don't think that's a parasitic mite. It looks like one of the phoretic mites one finds more commonly on beetles (for example: https://bugguide....ew/1599928). In my limited experience, parasitic mites are bright red/orange and assume a different stance on the host (with their heads down and mouthparts buried in the joints between segments of the cuticle).

Posted by jck on 02-01-2024 10:21
#3

This one is similar.

https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=111988

James

Posted by smol on 02-01-2024 13:35
#4

Thank you Steve Scholnick and James! I was bit too quick too assume a mite equals parasitic. I adjusted the title for this.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-01-2024 11:20
#5

The fly looks like a Minillimosina sp.

Posted by smol on 13-01-2024 22:57
#6

Paul Beuk wrote:
The fly looks like a Minillimosina sp.


Thank you very much!

Posted by smol on 26-02-2024 12:03
#7

From Gregory Kuwahara:

"The very short discal cell with the crossveins close together is characteristic of Pullimosina heteroneura, along with the costa significantly overpassing R4+5."