Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown fly larvae

Posted by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:45
#1

Dear all,
Need an ID for this fly larva (up to Family would be great!). Found this larva in the grave soil.
Thanks.

Edited by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:47

Posted by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:52
#2

Here is another image

Edited by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:52

Posted by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:53
#3

Here is the posterior spiracles

Edited by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 15:55

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-08-2015 15:55
#4

Are these slide mounted?

Posted by Chong Chin Heo on 12-08-2015 16:07
#5

Yes. They were mounted on slide.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-08-2015 20:55
#6

Some Micropezidae have posterior spiracular plates with the pointed "horns" in your picture, but I have difficulty suggesting a genus (I'm not even sure of the family).Frown

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-08-2015 10:41
#7

A good suggestion. Illustrations of the spiracles of Mimigralla in Ferrar match reasonably but the head capsule is not illustrated. Apparently the larvae live in rotten rhizomes (among others of ginger) and have been mistaken as pest species.

Posted by Chong Chin Heo on 17-08-2015 03:34
#8

This is the whole larva habitus

Edited by Chong Chin Heo on 17-08-2015 03:36