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 Lauxaniidae?
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| SandroM |
Posted on 11-02-2020 14:08
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Member Location: Posts: 28 Joined: 10.02.20 |
Is this a fly of the family of Lauxaniidae? Could someone tell me what species or genus it is?
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-02-2020 15:16
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7326 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It certainly looks like a lauxaniid, but it would be helpful to know where it was caught (which country? what habitat?)
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| SandroM |
Posted on 11-02-2020 15:26
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Member Location: Posts: 28 Joined: 10.02.20 |
It was reared from deadwood beech and oak branches that were exposed in beech dominated forests in Basel Switzerland and then put in emergence traps. If I may ask what Genus could this specimen be? Edited by SandroM on 12-02-2020 11:42 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 12-02-2020 18:10
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7326 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Thanks for the information. That's helpful. But this is not a species I recognise. Maybe one of the experts can help - try sending a pm to Val (Nosferatumyia).
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| John Carr |
Posted on 12-02-2020 23:15
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10545 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Based on the wing pattern Homoneura is likely. |
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| SandroM |
Posted on 13-02-2020 11:24
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Thanks John. Could it possibly be Homoneura interstincta? And could the larvae of Homoneura develop under the bark of rotting deadwood? |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 13-02-2020 14:35
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10545 Joined: 22.10.10 |
A review of the North American species of Homoneura says "The larvae have been reported as being saprophagous, living in fallen leaves, straw, rotting wood, bird nests, and decaying vegetation. A few species have been reported to be phytophagous, living in the root collars, stems, and leaves of clover (Trifolium), in the ovaries of violets (Viola), and in the leaf-like phylloclades of prickly pear (Opuntia)." |
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| SandroM |
Posted on 14-02-2020 09:13
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Member Location: Posts: 28 Joined: 10.02.20 |
Thanks for the larval ecology information. |
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