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 Larvae of Cecidomyiidae?
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| zhengxialin |
Posted on 14-12-2013 16:22
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 Member Location: Guangxi, China Posts: 239 Joined: 05.04.09 |
Eight months ago, I consult a question about the larvae of Diptera, which host is Castanopsis hystrix (http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=53960). Now, another species was collected from the same site and host plant. I think there are different species, could you give me some suggestion? zhengxialin attached the following image:  [104.15Kb] Edited by zhengxialin on 14-12-2013 16:24 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 14-12-2013 16:43
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10175 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Are you sure your larvae are Diptera? Larvae of gall forming Chalcidoidea are similar to Cecidomyiidae, differing in structure of head and prothorax and probably in arrangement of spiracles.
Edited by John Carr on 14-12-2013 16:43 |
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| zhengxialin |
Posted on 18-12-2013 15:22
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Member Location: Guangxi, China Posts: 239 Joined: 05.04.09 |
John Carr wrote: Are you sure your larvae are Diptera? Larvae of gall forming Chalcidoidea are similar to Cecidomyiidae, differing in structure of head and prothorax and probably in arrangement of spiracles. Thanks for your advice. I am not sure these larvae are Diptera. But the structure of the gall induced by the two species in the same host plant is obvious different. |
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