Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae with mite -> Pullimosina heteroneura
Posted by smol on 31-12-2023 13:00
#1
Netherlands, today
Edited by smol on 26-02-2024 11:04
Posted by Steve Scholnick on 01-01-2024 22:50
#2
FWIW, I don't think that's a parasitic mite. It looks like one of the phoretic mites one finds more commonly on beetles (for example:
https://bugguide....ew/1599928). In my
limited experience, parasitic mites are bright red/orange and assume a different stance on the host (with their heads down and mouthparts buried in the joints between segments of the cuticle).
Posted by jck on 02-01-2024 09:21
#3
This one is similar.
https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=111988
James
Posted by smol on 02-01-2024 12:35
#4
Thank you Steve Scholnick and James! I was bit too quick too assume a mite equals parasitic. I adjusted the title for this.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-01-2024 10:20
#5
The fly looks like a
Minillimosina sp.
Posted by smol on 13-01-2024 21:57
#6
Paul Beuk wrote:
The fly looks like a Minillimosina sp.
Thank you very much!
Posted by smol on 26-02-2024 11:03
#7
From Gregory Kuwahara:
"The very short discal cell with the crossveins close together is characteristic of Pullimosina heteroneura, along with the costa significantly overpassing R4+5."