Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which family? 2016-03-13 > Tipuloidea?

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 26-03-2016 06:55
#1
Hello everyone,

which family does this specimen belong to? I think I've seen it before, but just can't find it.

Many thanks! Lennart

2016-03-13, Northern Germany, SH, garden, leaf litter. Length about 9 mm.
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 08-04-2016 09:03

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 26-03-2016 06:55
#2
2nd picture

Posted by atylotus on 26-03-2016 08:28
#3
I think it is an Elateridae larva

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 27-03-2016 06:40
#4
Uh, that's interesting! Thanks for your answer. I've found some elaterid larvae sometimes, but they were always yellow / orange without those appendices - but why not, and after all I don't have any better idea Wink

Posted by atylotus on 27-03-2016 10:05
#5
No, sorry, I made a terrible mistake; the color has misled me. No Elateridae. It is closer to a Limoniidae or the Pediciidae genus Ula for I see at least 3 blackish anal lobes. Did you collected it? Some details of the anal lobes are missing to be sure. Or do you have some more photo's? The color is a bit strange, was it alive?
Edited by atylotus on 27-03-2016 10:06

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 28-03-2016 19:27
#6
Doesn't matter - so this stays interesting Wink. I just had to read about Pediciidae - I've never met them.

Unfortunately I don't have any more detailed pictures. I found a second specimen, same place & same time, just 2 mm longer, but you can see even less here, only the head is visible a bit better. Who knows, maybe this helps...
Seems to be very similar.

They both were alive.

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 08-04-2016 09:01
#7
Someone moved this thread to "other insects..." - so it's no dipteran larva again? Wink

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-04-2016 09:07
#8
It was moved before atylotus corrected himself. Back into Diptera larvae now. Smile

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 08-04-2016 10:03
#9
ah, ok Smile - sorry, I had not noticed that Wink