Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Machilidae spec.?

Posted by Heiko Nier on 30-09-2017 10:04
#1
Hello,


I found this insect in Fussen (Allgäu, Germany) on a rock face in July 2016.
My guess is a species from the Machilidae family.

Posted by Heiko Nier on 30-09-2017 10:08
#2
another picture

Posted by Heiko Nier on 26-11-2017 10:00
#3
3rd picture

Posted by Sundew on 10-12-2017 00:31
#4
A beautiful member of the Machilidae indeed! Unfortunately, identification from a photo is impossible in most cases, also in this one. The specimens have to be carefully dissected, as the "Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland - Insekten" tells us.
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Heiko Nier on 10-12-2017 11:17
#5
OK,

I thought so, that it is not possible to determine this species on the photo.
I also read the section in the "Excursion Fauna of Germany" later.


Posted by Amaryllid on 20-06-2018 12:17
#6
Hello,
With speckled eyes, antennae longer than body and habitus, I can identify the genus: Machilis. But this genus has about 100 species ...