Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera in hydroponics
Posted by Thomas Brand on 25-02-2019 09:55
#1
Hello,
we got pictures of poor quality (sorry!) from a gardener, who found many of these Nematocera in an interior landscape, hydroponic system.
An ID is necessary to identify risks for plants and people.
Northwest Germany, February 2019.
Could anybody help? Thank you!
Thomas
Edited by Thomas Brand on 25-02-2019 10:37
Posted by Thomas Brand on 25-02-2019 09:55
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pic 2
Posted by Thomas Brand on 25-02-2019 09:55
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pic 3
Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-02-2019 10:54
#4
It looks like the keroplatid
Cerotelion striatum and if I have specimens (preferably males) I can confirm that for you.
Posted by Thomas Brand on 26-02-2019 07:03
#5
Thank you, Paul,
as we only got these low quality pictures the chance to get a specimen is low. If there is sufficient interest of the gardener and we get a sample, we will contact you again!
best wishes
Thomas
Posted by Jan on 04-03-2019 21:03
#6
I would say Proceroplatus, a principally tropical genus but occasionally introduced with garden plants.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 28-06-2019 11:54
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Chandler and Pijnakker, 2009 (Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist., 23(2): 81-93) enumerated 3 spp. of Keroplatidae and 2 spp. of Mycetophilidae associated with hothouse plants at nurseries in the Netherlands, among which
Lyprauta cambria sp.n. was considered also of Neotropical origin.