Thread subject: Diptera.info :: An odd pupa from decaying wood > Pachygasterinae

Posted by pwalter on 12-02-2009 01:15
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Hi, this pupa was found under a piece of decaying wood, it is around 11 mm. E-Hungary, february.

Edited by pwalter on 12-02-2009 13:11

Posted by pwalter on 12-02-2009 01:15
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Posted by pwalter on 12-02-2009 01:15
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-02-2009 02:18
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I think this is Pachygaster atra

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-02-2009 11:53
#5

At least Pachygasterinae...

Posted by pwalter on 12-02-2009 13:12
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Thank You! I'm trying to rear it, we'll se if it's another species.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-02-2009 23:05
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My reason for suggesting Pachygaster atra is that only Pachygaster s.s. has such broad, flattened bristles. I don't think P.kerteszi has been confirmed as a Hungarian species yet, even if the data-less types were found in Budapest museum, so I'm backing P.atra. Hopefully Walter will have success rearing it, and we will discover whether I'm right!:)

Edited by Tony Irwin on 12-02-2009 23:06