Thread subject: Diptera.info :: insects?

Posted by elck on 06-06-2005 19:02
#1

To be fair I don't even know if these are insects.
Ticks? Mites? Bugs? Beetles?
They have 6 feet, but I think I read that ticks go through a stage with 6 feet too.

I see: antennae, 6 feet, hair...

They were like dropplets of tar on treetrunks
anyone, any idea?

stippen.nl/stipfotos/what1.JPG

stippen.nl/stipfotos/what2.JPG

stippen.nl/stipfotos/what3.JPG

Posted by cthirion on 06-06-2005 19:31
#2

Psocoptera Psoques!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2005 19:34
#3

Can you tell me why it is not a springtail? It looks remarkably like Dicyrtoma fusca in my Chinery insect guide...

Posted by cthirion on 06-06-2005 19:45
#4

Ok Paul Collemboles Sminthuridae, .............antennae, bravo!:(;)

Posted by elck on 06-06-2005 19:48
#5

Ok! and... are they mature or larvae?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2005 19:52
#6

I guess they might be adults. These buggers do not get very big, so...

Posted by elck on 06-06-2005 20:06
#7

Knowing where to look I found in heiko bellman's tirion insectguide Allacma fusca that looks exactly like it.
Thanks for the hints

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-06-2005 20:17
#8

That is probably the same species I mentioned but placed in a different genus. The name fusca indicates as much, but I can try to find out, or you can go to http://www.collem... and see for yourself. ;)

Posted by elck on 06-06-2005 23:46
#9

I cannot make heads or tails from it,
both names are mentioned and it produces maps, but it doesn't tell me wether they are synonyms or not.
But then again it's all latin to me :D

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-06-2005 09:09
#10

elck wrote:
I cannot make heads or tails from it...
The head is where the antennae are. :p (Sorry, could not resist...)

They are two different species, and not synonyms which I though likely because of the species names. Comparing these two images of Allacma fusca and Dicyrtoma fusca I think it must be the Allacma.