Thread subject: Diptera.info :: larva Dixella filiformis ?

Posted by Guenael on 03-07-2016 21:58
#1
Hello,
Larva found in a pond few days ago:
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos165/temp/larve_aquatique_z.jpg
Dixella filiformis ?
or other Dixella is possible ?
Thank you,
Guénael.

Posted by atylotus on 05-07-2016 10:00
#2
Other Dixella is possible, but D. filicornis is relatively more hairy than other species and also it has a characteristic basal plate (see picture below taken from Disney 1999) or photogalery (http://www.dipter...to_id=5496). It is very hard to discerne these characteristics.
Could you tell me were it was collected?
Edited by atylotus on 05-07-2016 10:04

Posted by Guenael on 05-07-2016 10:09
#3
Thank you for your reply.
I found this larva in a small pond near the forest at Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache in northern France.