Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Palloptera, laying eggs

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 11-08-2007 20:13
#1
August 11, 2007, Ozhigovo station, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region. On the trunk of a fallen aspen. Size around 4 mm. All of my three shots in nature are combined.

Posted by Jan Willem on 12-08-2007 09:32
#2
Hi Dima,

So you can also make nice photo's in natureWink.
I'm curious about which species this is, but I leave it to Andrey to say anything about this.

Jan Willem

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 12-08-2007 10:18
#3
Many thanks Jan Willem - so maybe a Lauxaniidae then? There was a number of Peplomyza litura. The size might be a bit exaggerated (collected specimen is 3 mm).
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 12-08-2007 10:20

Posted by Jan Willem on 12-08-2007 12:02
#4
Hi Dima,

Dima wrote:
so maybe a Lauxaniidae then?


No, I think you are right about this being a pallopterid. But since Andrey Ozerov studied Russian Pallopteridae and has described several new species from Russia (for example Temnosira czurkini of which the wing markings look rather similar) he is much more qualified to try to name your specimen.

Jan Willem

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 13-08-2007 07:48
#5
OK let's wait for Andrey. The size is variable, yesterday I observed lots of these, some were around 3 mm, others 4 to 4.5 mm. It seems that they prefer small branches at the top of a fallen aspen (2 cm across or thinner). Peplomyza litura is also abundant but less easy to see, yet I didn't notice any egg-laying activities, just sitting. Found another Pallopteridae (pictures later).

Posted by Andrey Ozerov on 13-08-2007 09:34
#6
This is Palloptera formosa Frey, 1930Smile

Posted by Jan Willem on 13-08-2007 11:15
#7
Hi Dima,

Please place your photo in the gallery!

Jan Willem

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 13-08-2007 11:37
#8
Many thanks Andrey - sure I will upload images for the Gallery.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 13-08-2007 11:39
#9
Many thanks Andrey - sure I will upload images for the Gallery.