Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Immature stage-> Aulacigaster

Posted by ecology on 26-01-2025 12:35
#1

Dear all,
I found this pupa (?) or dry larva near a sap run on Morum alba in Italy, near the Alps but at low altitude.
At first glence on the bark it was similar to Brachyopa but in laboratory it is completely difefrent, any idea?

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions

Edited by ecology on 27-01-2025 12:53

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-01-2025 22:14
#2

Aulacigaster perhaps?

Posted by atylotus on 26-01-2025 23:34
#3

I think this is Ephydridae

Posted by Tony Irwin on 27-01-2025 10:31
#4

Check out figures 88.22 and 88.23 (Page 1961, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera, volume 3) - available to download at https://www.nhm.a...lume-three It looks like an exact match to me.

Posted by ecology on 27-01-2025 12:54
#5

Yes, it is! Many thanks Tony!