Posted by Carnifex on 10-06-2021 22:05
#1
Found in a glass jar with garden soil, 6mm long. Vienna in June
Posted by atylotus on 18-06-2021 11:52
#2
Pachygaster sp. and most likely P. atra. for the ventral hairs appears to be swollen at the end.
Posted by Carnifex on 20-06-2021 00:09
#3
In my garden, so far I could document 2 different
Pachygaster species (
P. leachii the other one), but
P. atra is the most common stratiomyid here. Are these larvae good to separate based on the hairs?
Posted by atylotus on 21-06-2021 12:38
#4
Dear Lorin
yes, the distinction can be made by using the ventral setae. In P. atra these setae are distally thickened and in P. leachii they are not. In some older papers (e.g. Rozkosny 1973) it is, in my opinion, wrongly written as dorsal setae.
Edited by atylotus on 21-06-2021 12:39