Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Leptus from Erythraeidae

Posted by blaauw7 on 09-02-2011 18:40
#1
Found this Trombidiidae? in high water detritus of the river Rhine, Netherlands. Maybe some one knows wat kind of Trombidiidae this could be. Beautiful Colored! 1.3 mm body length.

Gr Dick Belgers
Edited by blaauw7 on 12-02-2011 19:14

Posted by blaauw7 on 09-02-2011 18:41
#2
photo 2

Posted by pwalter on 10-02-2011 07:47
#3
Hi, this is a Leptus from Erythraeidae.

Posted by blaauw7 on 12-02-2011 19:12
#4
Leptus looks more like it! Thanks Walter!

Gr Dick

Posted by Ray Fisher on 02-05-2011 19:42
#5
This is Leptus trimaculatus, a common species in Europe. Adults are predacious and larvae are parasitic on other arthropods.