Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Aquatic fly larva (Germany)

Posted by AdrianBothe on 30-06-2018 12:06
#1

Which species has such larvae? Found in a clear, shallow lake in Berlin, Germany.

Edited by AdrianBothe on 13-06-2020 14:22

Posted by atylotus on 30-06-2018 18:08
#2

This is a larvae of Anopheles. ID to species level hardly possible

Posted by AdrianBothe on 30-06-2018 18:34
#3

Thank you for the identification of the genus!

I found that six species occur in Germany:
A. plumbeus
A. atroparvus
A. algeriensis
A. claviger
A. maculipennis
A. messeae

A. plumbeus seems to live in waterholes of tree branches, so I assume its not that species.
A. atroparvus lives mostly at the sea, so it probably isn't that species either
So it is either of the remaining four.. Seems it ends here, but the genug already is good to know.

Posted by atylotus on 01-07-2018 07:42
#4

if you have a detailed photograph of the head showing the hairs I can check for claviger. Else it would be a complex of species of the maculipennis-group.