Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cicadomorpha id ?

Posted by BubikolRamios on 17-02-2013 00:27
#1

loc: Slovenia
Found on snow on like ΒΈ1000 m amsl. Temp. below 0.

Edit: mybe Issus coleoptratus, see comparison (scroll down): http://agrozoo.ne...97391f.jpg ?

Edited by BubikolRamios on 17-02-2013 00:37

Posted by Sundew on 18-02-2013 12:08
#2

Issidae larva for sure, and Issus coleoptratus ist the most frequent species. Unfortunately I have never seen any other species of the family... All the juvenile Issus coleoptratus specimens I met, however, had a white "tail", a waxy brush. Yours lack this feature, but the wax hairs tend to break off easily.
Regards, Sundew

Posted by BubikolRamios on 23-02-2013 19:04
#3

I think vaxy brush is there only shortly after it gets out of exuvia.
See my collection of nymphs, the measurements are pretty accurate.

http://agrozoo.ne...leoptratus

not 100% sure about id for central image.

Edited by BubikolRamios on 23-02-2013 19:13