Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Larva with small head capsule, NE HU, Dec
Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 17:56
#1
Hi, one more larva from decaying wood and fungus. About 7 mm long. Diptera?
Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 17:57
#2
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Posted by atylotus on 22-12-2009 18:10
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Limoniidae: The head capsule is completely developed as in Tipulidae but it has five (black) stigmatal lobes. So the genus Ula is the only possibility. The larva of Ula lives on fungi. All other Limoniidae with five blackened stigmatal lobes have a more or less reduced headcapsule. Also Ula has very dark head.
Edited by atylotus on 22-12-2009 18:13
Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 18:20
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Wow! It is cool, because I sort everything according to FaunaEuropaea, and according to it it is a new subfamily for me, Ulinae (of Pediciidae). Hope it will turn adult! Thank You!
Posted by atylotus on 22-12-2009 19:24
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Yes, it's Pediciidae, you're right. I totally forgot that Pediciidae is a seperate family next to Limoniidae. I'm still a bit conservative....