Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lauxaniidae actually...
Posted by conopid on 24-09-2006 19:49
#1
Any ideas what genus or even species this might be? Very black and no blue or green sheen to it.
Edited by conopid on 24-09-2006 20:17
Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-09-2006 20:06
#2
Nigel - I don't think that this is Lonchaeidae. I think it is
Lauxania.
Posted by conopid on 24-09-2006 20:16
#3
Hi Tony,
Yes, you are right! I have just realised, after checking again, that the post verticals are hidden behind the head and do not stick up! They are indeed convergent. So it is Lauxaniidae.
Posted by conopid on 24-09-2006 20:19
#4
So would this be
Lauxania cylindricornis?
Posted by Kahis on 24-09-2006 20:44
#5
I'm not sure (without checking ref. collection). IIRC some
Calliopum species have rather elongate antennae like that; in
Lauxania the 3rd segment is even longer.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-09-2006 21:24
#6
I agree with Kahis -
Calliopum is more likely, as the antenna of
Lauxania cylindricornis is much longer than the head. Could be
elisae.