Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae

Posted by Jozef Obona on 07-04-2011 20:28
#1

From Slovakia
Wetland in Kos /Horna Nitra/
cca 5 mm
images.graphic4life.net/images/xdbx8we23nxf0py0uxo6.jpg

Oplodontha viridula and Odontomyia ornata ?

Thanks a lot Jozef

Posted by atylotus on 08-04-2011 11:43
#2

the upper one looks very much like O. ornata and the lower one looks very much like O. viridula. The upper one is quit short and it must be an immature larva. Does it have scarse and long hairs on the abdomen. If so then O. ornata is most likely, but then again O. ornata larvae can reach over 30 mm. In the lower one you have to check if the ventral side of the head has a pair of brushes of hairs on both sides. If so, then O. viridula.

Edited by atylotus on 08-04-2011 11:43

Posted by Jozef Obona on 11-04-2011 13:12
#3

[quote]atylotus

images.graphic4life.net/images/1m30vdnqg3f9vmszy1tn.jpg

photo ventral side of the head

Thank You For Confirming

Posted by atylotus on 11-04-2011 13:59
#4

O. viridula it is.
The headcapsule is not completely developed so it is not fully matured yet.

Edited by atylotus on 11-04-2011 13:59