Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nemotelus uliginosis or N. notatus => N.notatus

Posted by atylotus on 10-10-2011 12:04
#1

I cannot decide whether this is the larva of Nemotelus pantherinus or N. notatus. The larval key in Rozkosny (1973) about the Stratiomyids of fennoscandia is a bit vague about the diagnostics.
Any ID?
the larval material was collected in an strongly brackish inland water on the isle of Texel, The Netherlands. The bottom had an extreme odour of H2S!

Edited by atylotus on 11-10-2011 11:38

Posted by atylotus on 10-10-2011 12:05
#2

and the anal segment in dorsal view...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-10-2011 13:38
#3

It agrees with the diagnosis of notatus in Rozkosny's European review.

Posted by atylotus on 11-10-2011 10:12
#4

Thanks Paul.
notatus was our first guess, but we were uncertain about it.