Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypezidae larvae?
Posted by Rouncie on 02-07-2014 11:06
#1
I found this in an oilseed rape water tray sample from July 2013, approx. size a couple of mm, I thought it might be a Platypezidae larvae, any ideas?
Edited by Rouncie on 02-07-2014 11:07
Posted by ValerioW on 02-07-2014 11:35
#2
|t For me that's right. 11 segments (3 thor + 8 abd), and I also can see somehow the small antennae.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2014 11:40
#3
You did compare with
Fannia larva? Locality is less likely to have Platypezidae than Fanniidae.
Posted by atylotus on 02-07-2014 13:45
#4
I agree with Paul, looks like Fannia to me. If it is sclerotized dorsally than certainly Fannidae, if not, then something else. There are only 2 other families of Brachycera with sclerotization above, but that is not the case here.
Posted by Rouncie on 04-07-2014 16:43
#5
Thanks for your replies, it is sclerotized dorsally so I will go with Fanniidae.