Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nephrotoma male "wasp waist" => Nephrotoma quadrifaria

Posted by eklans on 03-12-2019 20:08
#1

Hi, found this male in my garden (Middle Franconia near deciduous forest) on 20190703 and I cannot find a similar one with "wasp waist"...
Any help is highly appreciated!

Thanks, Eric

Edited by eklans on 07-12-2019 12:08

Posted by eklans on 03-12-2019 20:09
#2

dorsal

Posted by eklans on 03-12-2019 20:09
#3

lateral

Posted by clovis on 06-12-2019 20:22
#4

Nephrotoma quadrifaria, wing is typical

Posted by eklans on 07-12-2019 12:07
#5

Thank you very much, clovis!
Have you ever seen a similar deformation of the abdomen? Is it perhaps caused by a parsitoid?

Regards, Eric

Edited by eklans on 07-12-2019 13:01

Posted by jfarr on 21-01-2020 19:09
#6

It is gravid or their are bacterial spores which are mutualistic in them.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-01-2020 22:22
#7

A gravid male...?

Posted by jfarr on 22-01-2020 16:41
#8

well.the male is only w/ bacteria.I I have Id'dmany tipuloidea and they have that condition.