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 Machaerium maritimae pupa ?
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-12-2013 13:54
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09 |
This Dolichopodidae pupa was found in the Oosterschelde, an inland saline lake in the southwestern part of The Netherlands on 21.viii.2013 together with several Xanthocanaca ranula (http://www.dipter...d_id=58481). I suspect this pupa being Machaerium maritimae but I have no references to verify this except Smith (1989): figure 226 on page 186. Can anybody verify my identification and/or does anybody has a reference with a description? Thanks atylotus attached the following image:  [42.31Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 20-12-2013 14:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Should be correct. As I understood, they can have a 'cocoon' made of grains of sand.
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