Thread subject: Diptera.info :: is this even a Diptera larva? -> Phronia (Mycetophilidae)

Posted by Carnifex on 02-04-2021 21:53
#1
Not sure what to make out of it, but Diptera would be my first guess. Found under a rotting log, in central Germany, late March

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tiny...
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Edited by Carnifex on 03-04-2021 13:23

Posted by eklans on 03-04-2021 12:10
#2
Hi Lorin, I think it is! And it looks very much like Phronia conformis:
https://galerie-i...=conformis
and of course here:
https://diptera.i...pid=368637
(I've started with Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
Vol. 10, Part 14, FigsIndex - Fig 83)

Greetings, Eric
Edited by eklans on 03-04-2021 12:17

Posted by Carnifex on 03-04-2021 13:22
#3
Great, thanks a lot Eric!
I might leave it at genus level, as I doubt enough is known about how the different species differ in their larval stages.