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 What cecidomyiid?
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| Sergey Golubev |
Posted on 30-11-2006 09:52
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 Member Location: Saint-Petersburg, Russia Posts: 103 Joined: 23.11.06 |
The cecidomyiid fly on the picture is a quite big specimen for the family it belongs to, about 4.5-5 mm long. It occurred in cereal crops, maybe its larvae eat aphids? What genus it could be?
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 30-11-2006 10:07
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Sergey. It is Sciaridae, larvas are saprophagous. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Sergey Golubev |
Posted on 01-12-2006 15:30
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Member Location: Saint-Petersburg, Russia Posts: 103 Joined: 23.11.06 |
Thanks, Nikita for your correction of my mis-id. |
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