Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 2015-10-31, on rotten wood - larvae? > Cecidomyiidae?

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 03-11-2015 16:06
#1
Hi everyone,

who's got an idea, what this could be?

Length 2 - 2,5 mm

Thanks for your help!

Lennart

2015-10-31, Northern Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, fallow land, on wood in a wood pile
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 10-11-2015 21:04

Posted by BubikolRamios on 09-11-2015 21:48
#2
Wild guess, if you find it similar as I do: http://agrozoo.ne...0c94b2162a
Edited by BubikolRamios on 09-11-2015 21:48

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 09-11-2015 22:09
#3
Yeah, that's wild indeed Wink
So you think it could be Chrysopidae, maybe a young larval stage?

Here's another specimen, same place and time, 2,5 mm.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-11-2015 22:49
#4
There are no visible legs or head, so I think Chrysopidae is unlikely. The general appearance and orange colour suggest Cecidomyiidae, but I'm not sure which genus.

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 10-11-2015 09:12
#5
Thanks Tony, for clearing it up! I didn't even think of diptarans, because of their flat appearance, but now I took a look at several saprophilous Cecidomyiidae and I found some that looked quite similar, but without getting to know the genus.