Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydridae (Hydrellia??) ID
Posted by flami on 17-10-2017 15:23
#1
Hi, is it possible to determine the specie of this larvae? I suppose they could be Hydrellia sp. I found them in a pond of Rome, Italy, feeding on Lemna minor. Pupation within the mine. The adults walk on the duckweed.
Edited by flami on 17-10-2017 15:29
Posted by flami on 17-10-2017 15:43
#2
Larva feeding on Lemna minor.
Posted by atylotus on 17-10-2017 15:46
#3
Hello Flami, welcome to the forum
looks like Hydrellia indeed, but ID to species level in most cases impossible. Perhaps Tony Irwin has a suggestion. He also did on my post/photo:
https://diptera.i...to_id=5486
Posted by flami on 17-10-2017 16:02
#4
Hello atylotus, thank you for your answer! I have already read your post, and i found it very helpful. I suppose it could be a larva of Hydrellia albilabris or H. griseola, because of their distribution that includes Italy. I have other pictures of the puparium and the adult that could be helpful for the identification, but i have encountered some tecnical problems uploading them.
Posted by flami on 17-10-2017 16:45
#5
Anal segment
Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-10-2017 16:54
#6
This is very likely to be
Hydrellia albilabris or
griseola (the species most frequently associated with
Lemna). They are easily distinguished as adults - see images in the gallery.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 17-10-2017 16:54
Posted by flami on 17-10-2017 19:56
#7
Thank you very much Tony for your suggestion! Here it is a picture of an adult. Maybe
H. griseola?
https://imgur.com...
Edited by flami on 17-10-2017 19:59
Posted by Tony Irwin on 18-10-2017 11:19
#8
Difficult to say while it is wet. But it looks very black, so I suspect
albilabris.