Thread subject: Diptera.info :: dipteran's pupa? => Nematocera or Rachicerus

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 23-05-2015 06:49
#1

Hi again,

is this the pupa of a dipteran at all...? I'm not sure about that. Is someone able to say sth. about it?

Length 5 mm.

2015-04-02, Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, woodpile near a hedgerow.

Thank you!

Lennart

Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 25-05-2015 15:53

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 23-05-2015 06:49
#2

here's another picture

Posted by solito de solis on 23-05-2015 11:31
#3

It could be Athericidae pupa ?

Posted by John Carr on 24-05-2015 00:51
#4

It appears to have a many-segmented antenna, indicating Nematocera or Rachicerus.

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 24-05-2015 07:08
#5

Thank you! That might be a wide range, but it's much better than nothing! Rachicerus is another genus I never heard of.

Posted by Even Dankowicz on 16-07-2018 20:34
#6

Note the great similarity to Anisopodidae (also very similar to a Sylvicola pupa I've encountered):
https://diptera.i...to_id=5437