Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gnats ovipositing, Germany =>Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae
Posted by Pristurus on 28-04-2014 22:28
#1
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
Edited by Pristurus on 30-04-2014 00:03
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-04-2014 23:49
#2
Hi Ingo,
Sciaridae.
Posted by John Carr on 29-04-2014 00:03
#3
Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae sensu Edwards. Note the crossvein between branches of R.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2014 00:21
#4
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... :S
Posted by Pristurus on 30-04-2014 00:01
#5
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 .