Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae pupae

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 12:01
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Ephydridae larvae and pupae are characterized by breathing tube bifurcate at end. The length of the tube is relatively different among genera.
The first - Paracoenia fumosa (body length 5 mm without tube) - has the longest one in this family

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 12:02
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Parydra aquila (body length 5 mm without tube) - medium one

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 12:03
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Ephydra riparia and Setacera aurata (body length 6 mm without tube) - rather short

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 12:03
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Setacera aurata

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 12:04
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scatella (body length 3 mm without tibe) - short tube

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:38
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I have some pupa (and larva) too with shorter and longer brething tube, like this the one, of which I think is Dichaeta caudata

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:39
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or even shorter breathing tube, but with characteristic thoracic patttern (Pelina)

Edited by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:39

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:41
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Or even without breathing tube but with two posterior spines, which are used to pierce the parenchym. In this case a Hydrellia spec piercing Lemna gibba. By the way, this is the smallest Hydrellia I have ever seen, normally (in The Netherlands) they are twice this size. Most often (or always) Hydrellia spec. prefer one type of macrophyt and in this case probably restricted to Lemna.

Edited by atylotus on 05-02-2010 15:00

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:53
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Or a pupa with more dorsally placed (but short) breathing tube, like in this Nostima spec.

Edited by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:53

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 14:55
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and in this final photograph, an unknown pupa of an Ephydridae with long bifurcate breathing tubes

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 15:13
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So we have here nice collection!
GrinWinkSmile

Posted by Cranefly on 05-02-2010 15:40
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Resembles Scatella (Neoscatella) clavipes and S.(N.) warreni if compare with figures in Ferrar, 1987. Both Australasian/Oceanian....
Possibly something less exotic (crassicosta for example: who has long face possibly has long tube branches)
Grin

Posted by atylotus on 05-02-2010 15:57
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This unknown pupa (last photo) was collected exactly at the Dutch/Belgium border in a stream called Noordermark. It looks also something like Parydra coarctata, which suppose to occur in The Netherlands.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-02-2010 16:49
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amazing material here! Congrats. Submit them to the gallery. A real treasure.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-02-2010 21:58
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All great gallery material - well done Cranefly and Atylotus! Smile