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 Larvae in ant nest
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| pierred |
Posted on 01-07-2009 07:01
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1450 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, While looking for Coleoptera living with ants, one member of our french forum found those Diptera larvae :  Calmont B. : France : 22/6/2009 : Sain-Julien du Gua : 07 altitude non renseignée - taille : 20 mm ref:46758  Calmont B. : France : 22/6/2009 : Sain-Julien du Gua : 07 altitude non renseignée - taille : 20 mm ref:46759 As the larva was trying to leave the nest, the ants brought it back. Any clues ? Somebody proposed a Volucella larva, but they are noted to be hosts of bumblebee and wasp nests. Not of ant nests. Edited by pierred on 02-07-2009 06:10 Pierre Duhem |
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| pierred |
Posted on 01-07-2009 18:31
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1450 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Another solution was proposed with Clitellaria ephippium, which is recorded as a parasit living in ant nests. Does this ring a bell? Edited by pierred on 02-07-2009 06:11 Pierre Duhem |
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| pierred |
Posted on 08-07-2009 07:20
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1450 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Nobody has any clue about those pictures? Pierre Duhem |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 08-07-2009 14:46
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
it's definitely not a stratiomyd, for it has no leathery skin. As I'm only an aquatic larvae expert this terrestrial larva looks a bit like a Sciomyzidae or a Muscidae. But perhaps maybe also something like a Phoridae or any other Cyclorrhapha. For instance, it is know that some Phoridae larvae parasitize trhe pupae of Formica (Aenigmatias) or are parasitoids of adult worker ants (Pseudacteon) (see Smith, K.G.V. 1989, immature stages of British flies) |
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| pierred |
Posted on 09-07-2009 06:39
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1450 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Thanks for your comments. I'll have a look at this book on immature stages of British flies. I happened to buy it for peanuts on ebay. Edited by pierred on 09-07-2009 07:13 Pierre Duhem |
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