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 Dixella nigra larva, Dixidae
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 29-01-2010 12:54
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
This larva has 3 ventral combs, no dorsal crowns of hairs and basal plate consists of 3 parts. I discovered the only species of Dixella wich such characters - Dixella luctuosa. Are there more species?
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| atylotus |
Posted on 29-01-2010 15:47
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I know of no other species with this feature. There is no species like this in Disney (1975) for the british species, and in Tsalolikhin (ed., 1999) this seems to be the only species with this feature. Note that not all Dixella have been described in the larval stage (as far as I can tell), but the basal plate looks very much like D. luctuosa. By the way, Fauna Europea says that D. nigra (Staeger) is the true name. |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 29-01-2010 18:06
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Many thanks. |
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