Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ozirhincus tanaceti, Sweden
Posted by crex on 05-08-2006 22:51
#1
Don't know if this even is diptera ... This tiny insect was putting eggs in the flowers of (what I think is)
Tanacetum vulgare. This was taken today just north of Stockholm, Sweden.
Edit: Changed subject (Unknown diptera?)
Edit: Cecidomyiidae sp
Edited by crex on 11-09-2017 22:49
Posted by crex on 05-08-2006 22:52
#2
Second view.
Posted by crex on 05-08-2006 22:52
#3
Third view.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 05-08-2006 23:04
#4
Hi Crex.
I think it is Ceratopogonidae.
Nikita
Posted by David Gibbs on 06-08-2006 11:21
#5
I would call this Cecidomyiidae. in GB we have two species on
Tanacetum Rhopalomyia tanaceticola (Karsch, 1879) gall in leaf axil and
Ozirhincus tanaceti (Kieffer, 1889) in achene, so likely to be latter, unless there are other species in Sweden.
Posted by Jan Willem on 06-08-2006 12:39
#6
Rhopalomyia tanaceticola can also cause galls on the flower heads of
Tanacetum.
Jan Willem
Posted by crex on 06-08-2006 13:24
#7
Thnx fellows. I tried finding pictures of these flies or at least a description of how they look, but without luck so far. This one with its white spots on the wing margins could be characteristic ... or not.
Posted by Orseolia on 07-09-2011 08:58
#8
These are excellent images of Ozirhincus tanaceti on Tanacetum vulgare. Larvae develop in the slightly swollen bases of florets. A number of other Anthemidae are also hosts, notably Achillea millefolium. Five species of Ozirhincus are currently listed in the world catalogue of Cecidomyiidae.
Keith Harris
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-09-2011 14:17
#9
hi, is it possible to say which are the genera of these Cecidomyiids -->
http://www.flickr...idomyiidae
Thanks.
Posted by crex on 11-09-2017 22:52
#10
It was a while since I visited diptera.info regularly. A late thank you very much Keith for the ID.
Edited by crex on 11-09-2017 22:53