Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1444 Joined: 21.04.05
Hello,
This larva was found in a water cup for birds, outside :
Jeremie Lemarie : France : Sainte Radégonde des noyers : 85450 : 28/07/2010
Altitude : 0-7 m - Taille : 5 mm mesuré Réf. : 60566
On our French forum, this picture rose many comments, but nothing definitive.
First, one of us thought this was a paedogenetic larva (with all similar elements in the body).
On the other hand, the larva looks like some Ceratopogonidae larva we saw on this forum recently. But there is no report of paedogenesis in the family.
What do you think?
Thanks in advance.
Pierre Duhem
Ceratopogonidae and the habitus and habitat seems typical for Dasyhelea. Try to check the anal pseudopod (s) for black hooks, if present then Dasyhelea, if not, some other Ceratopogonidae genus. But the habitat is very typical for Dasyhelea.
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?
