Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown New Zealand larva
Posted by moores on 25-12-2012 10:14
#1
Hi all
This ethanol-preserved larva was found in a stream sample but it may well be a terrestrial from surrounding riparian vegetation. The full body shot is 34X, the tail has a tipulid-like arrangement, magnified 160X, and the retracted head magnified 86X.
Posted by moores on 25-12-2012 10:16
#2
Tipulid-like tail of unknown larva, 160X
Posted by moores on 25-12-2012 10:18
#3
Retracted head, X86
Posted by moores on 25-12-2012 10:20
#4
Any suggestions would be most appreciated - a suggested family would be great!
Thanks all
Posted by atylotus on 25-12-2012 12:01
#5
looks more like a Sciomyzidae to me, although I'm not familiar with your fauna it shows some similarity with NW-European Sciomyzidae larvae
Posted by moores on 02-01-2013 06:37
#6
Thanks atylotus
I saw on Google images some similar-looking larvae suggested to be sciomyzids but they're very different to the aquatic sciomyzids we commonly find find in NZ streams.
Cheers