Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown larvae

Posted by Seafry on 10-10-2019 18:27
#1
Collected in a clear mountain stream in South Africa. About 4 mm in size.

Posted by Seafry on 10-10-2019 18:28
#2
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-10-2019 20:32
#3
Best I can suggest is an atypical Atrichopogon (Ceratopogonidae)

Posted by John Carr on 11-10-2019 12:21
#4
It reminds me of some Fannia larvae. They are not aquatic.

Posted by Seafry on 11-10-2019 12:46
#5
Collected a few in the mountain stream. Potentially on the edge of the waterline

Posted by Seafry on 11-10-2019 12:46
#6
Thank you for the replies

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-10-2019 16:00
#7
I'd say the head capsule was too well formed to be Fannia.
There are some pictures of Atrichopogon here - http://blog.naver...tegoryNo=0 - which show similar medio-lateral tufts of hooked setae.

Posted by atylotus on 12-10-2019 16:39
#8
I agree with Atrichopogon or similar genera. I guess no Forcipomyia. The habitus and the Hypognathous head seems typical to me.