Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nanosella fungi ?
#1
according to this info:
http://tolweb.org...fungi/9672
this should be it, can anybody confirm ?
Calculated size, given mashroom (Hydnum repandum) cap diameter ~ 40mm is 0,6 x 0,8 mm.
Location Slovenia
Magnification, crop from 6MP camera.
#2
Actually it's north american species... as I know. And it has elongater body.
#3
did some more digging:
http://tolweb.org...sella/9652
according to that picture there you are rigth.
Looking what is on my image .....
looks to me like ladybug shaped ...
#4
Nanosella is known from Sweden only. This is a member of Cryptophagidae, most probably Ephisthemus reitteri (E. globulus and Curelius exiguus are less probably). A sure ID by this photo is impossible = you have to study the genitalia ;-) Best regards, Frank