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 Gnats ovipositing, Germany =>Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 28-04-2014 22:28
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 Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
found on 2014-04-17 ovipositing into boreholes of beetles on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg. Regards, Ingo Video: https://commons.w...04-17.webm Pristurus attached the following image:  [167.25Kb] Edited by Pristurus on 30-04-2014 00:03 My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 28-04-2014 23:49
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13613 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hi Ingo, Sciaridae. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 29-04-2014 00:03
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9837 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae sensu Edwards. Note the crossvein between branches of R. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 29-04-2014 00:21
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13613 Joined: 11.09.04 |
John Carr wrote: Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae sensu Edwards. Note the crossvein between branches of R. Oh, sorry. I must have seen too many of those small Sciarids lately... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Pristurus |
Posted on 30-04-2014 00:01
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Member Location: Marburg/Germany Posts: 853 Joined: 07.07.10 |
Thank you both. First (looking to the habitus) I thought Sciaridae too. However I have never seen Sciaridae ovipositing into (relative) solid wood. So at a second sight I was tending to Mycetophilidae . My diptera videos: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User %3APristurus/gallery/Diptera |
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but don't see the image in the post.
