Thread subject: Diptera.info :: taste for cantaridin - Atrichopogon sp.?

Posted by mwkozlowski on 12-08-2020 13:23
#1

Some Ceratopogonidae suck blood from meloid beetles. This Meloe violaceus was severe damaged after my dog stepped on it on a forest path. In minutes small midges appeared and started to pierce the beetle, some through its sick pronotum. Is Atrichopogon a good ID?

Edited by mwkozlowski on 12-08-2020 13:25

Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-08-2020 14:07
#2

Yes, Atrichopogon is the right genus. The subgenus will be Meloehelea.