Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Larva with small head capsule, NE HU, Dec

Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 16:56
#1
Hi, one more larva from decaying wood and fungus. About 7 mm long. Diptera?

Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 16:57
#2
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Posted by atylotus on 22-12-2009 17:10
#3
Limoniidae: The head capsule is completely developed as in Tipulidae but it has five (black) stigmatal lobes. So the genus Ula is the only possibility. The larva of Ula lives on fungi. All other Limoniidae with five blackened stigmatal lobes have a more or less reduced headcapsule. Also Ula has very dark head.
Edited by atylotus on 22-12-2009 17:13

Posted by pwalter on 22-12-2009 17:20
#4
Wow! It is cool, because I sort everything according to FaunaEuropaea, and according to it it is a new subfamily for me, Ulinae (of Pediciidae). Hope it will turn adult! Thank You!

Posted by atylotus on 22-12-2009 18:24
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Yes, it's Pediciidae, you're right. I totally forgot that Pediciidae is a seperate family next to Limoniidae. I'm still a bit conservative....