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Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?--Yes Lonchaea
Posted by
Lavendel
on 22-10-2021 07:34
#1
Is this a Lonchaeidae with a bump on its fore-head?
Is further ID possible?
Edited by
Lavendel
on 23-10-2021 05:18
Posted by
Lavendel
on 22-10-2021 07:34
#2
an other pic.
Posted by
Iain MacGowan
on 22-10-2021 08:59
#3
Hi Sandra
Its a female Lonchaea species, it has probably only recently emerged from the puparium hence the bump on the head as the ptilinum has not yet fully retracted
Posted by
Lavendel
on 23-10-2021 05:17
#4
Hi Ian,
Many thanks for the explantion.
Kind regards, Sandra