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Posted by OshinMLGM on 06-09-2016 23:25

HI!
I found larvae that I'm not sure about genus. Can you take a look and try to resolve this problem?

I found larvae in Place Perú South America, 3000 mssl, habitad aquatic in Andean streams

Thanks

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Edited by OshinMLGM on 08-09-2016 00:44

Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-09-2016 23:50

The nearest I can suggest is Discomyza incurva. It would help to know where the specimen was found (country and habitat).

Posted by OshinMLGM on 07-09-2016 00:05

Thanks
I found larvae in Place Perú South America, 3000 mssl, habitad aquatic in Andean streams

Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-09-2016 18:27

Thanks for the information. Tadeusz Zatwarnicki has had a look at the picture and does not recognise it, so my suggestion would be to try to rear some adults.

Posted by OshinMLGM on 08-09-2016 01:12

Thank you! for your attention
I thought it might be Dimecoenia sp.
Thanks for your recommendation, In the next collection I try to rear some adults.

Posted by atylotus on 09-09-2016 08:26

I agree with Tony. You can only be sure when you have the associated adults. I have checked with Ferrar (1997) and it somehow resembles the pupa of Placopsidella cynocephala as depicted in fig 32.174 on page 678. I'm not saying that it is, but only that it has some similar lateral extensions

Edited by atylotus on 09-09-2016 08:27