Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chamaemyiidae - Leucopis sp.

Posted by Liliane D on 25-08-2022 19:01
#1
Hello,
August 25, 2022 in the south of France.
The body is 3 mm long.
Thank you for your help for the identification.
Edited by Liliane D on 25-08-2022 21:34

Posted by John Carr on 25-08-2022 20:04
#2
Leucopis

Posted by Liliane D on 25-08-2022 21:33
#3
Thank you very much John,
I didn't know this family and therefore not this genre.
I have seen it on a Pistacia terebinthus.
If it is a female, perhaps it came to lay eggs in one of the many galls of Aploneura (Aphididae)?
I read that Leucopis larvae feed on aphids. But I guess it is the same diet for the larvae of all Leucopis species?
Edited by Liliane D on 25-08-2022 21:36

Posted by John Carr on 26-08-2022 00:19
#4
Aphids are common prey. Some species eat other Sternorrhyncha.