Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae larva Tripteroides tenax

Posted by Cranefly on 14-04-2009 17:18
#1
These Culicidae larvae were found in Nepenthes pitchers in Vietnam in June 2008
Edited by Cranefly on 20-04-2009 11:57

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-04-2009 20:17
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I don't know that you will get further than Tripteroides with this - it looks like an early instar, so rearing to last instar or adult is likely to be the only way to get a positive ID. I believe that the metathoracic spine is characteristic for this genus, and most (all?) of the species breed in Nepenthes.

Posted by Cranefly on 15-04-2009 15:33
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Many thanks for the answer. I have reached Tripteroides myself but I had a great hope that somebody may recognize it to species. They were so numerous and seemed to be very common species.

Posted by Cranefly on 20-04-2009 11:56
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After a week-research and with kind supervision of Dr.Ralph E. Harbach (Department of Entomology
The Natural History Museum) I determined this larva as Tripteroides tenax (de Meijere, 1910). I think it was a great success!!