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Penthetria funebris (Pleciidae/Bibionidae)
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A small larvae (3-4 mm) from a forest, besides a stream, in South Sweden, at the moss Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus. Maybe Dioma glabrata or some other Cylindrotomidae?
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Looks very much as the moss it was found on - an impressing camouflage! It was a friend who found the larvae when he looked att the moss in the microscope to determine it.
 
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No cylindrotomatidae, I think this is Pleciidae and I think there is only 1 species, Pentethria funebris, but not sure though
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Many thanks!

This Picture of the larvae of that species was in Stuke (2004): "Bibionidae and Pleciidae (Diptera: Nematocera) from Lower Saxony and Bremen (Germany)" and it fits very well to this larvae! In Sweden this species is placed under Bibionidae.

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Yes, that him. Rare species.
 
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Interesting - only a few reports from Sweden as far as I can find!
 
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How are larvae of Bibionidae s. str. and Pleciidae distinguished?
 
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There are no Bibionidae in Scandinavia with larvae like this one, they all look something like the Bibio sp. larvae in this photo (from a garden in South Sweden).
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besides the much longer abdominal lobes in Penthetria, the number of respiratory openings in the posterior spiracle is different. Based on described species, Penthetria has 1, Bibio 2 and Dilophus has 3 openings.
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