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 Larva in tree exudate > Dasyhelea flavifrons
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| pwalter |
Posted on 03-02-2009 17:47
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, is this a Ceratopoginid larva? I collected some pieces of Platanus bark with tree exudates, and reared some things from it. One was a greenish ceratopogonid male, and also a Medetera-like Doli was reared. I also found interesting Histiostomatid mites.
pwalter attached the following image:  [140.42Kb] Edited by pwalter on 09-02-2009 21:30 |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 04-02-2009 06:58
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
ASk it to demonstrate head or edn of body. Most likely Mycetobiidae but only from the habitat - tree exudate |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 04-02-2009 14:37
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 Member Location: Poland Posts: 78 Joined: 02.07.08 |
Hello! It is a ceratopogonid larva, probably Dasyhelea flavifrons. Patrycja |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-02-2009 16:02
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thanks for both of You! This is a specimen reared: could this be the Dasyhelea?
pwalter attached the following image:  [138.43Kb] Edited by pwalter on 04-02-2009 16:11 |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 04-02-2009 16:23
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 78 Joined: 02.07.08 |
yes, it is. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-02-2009 16:26
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
This is great, to have the larva and an adult also Thank You! |
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| Cranefly |
Posted on 20-02-2009 11:35
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Member Location: Shachovskaya Posts: 647 Joined: 17.09.08 |
Please be very careful with this larva identification. Natalia Brodskaya (Zool. Inst. St.-Petersburg) has not recognized Dasyhelea in it - she is a specialist in Dasyhelea. Sometimes you see larvae of one species and imago may be from another family even if they are at the same time and in same location. |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 20-02-2009 16:29
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 78 Joined: 02.07.08 |
Ok, I am not a specialist in Dasyhelea that is why I wrote “probably Dasyhelea flavifrons” . I know that larvae of Ceratopogonidae, Anisopodidae, Mycetobiidae, Dolichopodidae, Muscidae, Aulacigastridae, Syrphidae etc. live in a sap running down from trees. If I remember correctly, the larvae of Anisopodidae and Mycetobiidae have a number of supplementary segments, don’t they? This larva looks like ceratopogonid. Among the biting midges some species of the genus Culicoides and Dasyhelea are known from this kind of habitat. I have reared thousands of biting midges from larvae collected with sap and I have had specimens belonging to the booth genera. Because of the larvae of Culicoides usually have a short neck segment and a characteristic pattern on the thoracic segments, I suppose that this one is a Dasyhelea larva. There is known only one species of Dasyhelea midges from sap - D. flavifrons. Of course, there is a probability that this is the larva of Culicoides which does not possess pigmented spots It will be necessary to kill the larva in hot water and to find the posterior hooks in order to be absolutely sure. Regards, Patrycja |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 20-02-2009 16:31
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You for raising attention on that. I sent the pictures to gallery but with 'cf' to indicate it's not absolutely sure. In spring I'll collect larvae, and keep them separated in Eppendorfs. I'm thinking in giving them a little sugar+water or even honey to see if it's a good growing substrate for them. |
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| Patrycja |
Posted on 20-02-2009 16:38
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 78 Joined: 02.07.08 |
Why in spring ? Try now to find some sap. I collected materials one month ago (we have a real winter in Poland) - a lot of larvae (the second and the third stage???), not only these of ceratopogonids. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 20-02-2009 17:40
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Really? Didn't think of that. We also have a harsh winter. But the tree-saps I knew run out  Hope they'll produce saps again. |
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