Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Megaselia sp.?

Posted by Rui Andrade on 10-07-2008 11:45
#1
I found some coccinnelid pupae and collected them. Some days after I noticed that they had been parasitized by dipterans.
I think they belong to the family Phoridae. What do you think they are?

location: Oporto, Portugal
date: 10/07/2008

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img503.imageshack.us/img503/3793/phoridlarvart2.jpg

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Posted by phil withers on 11-07-2008 13:56
#2
Phalacrotophora

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-07-2008 14:16
#3
Two publications on Phalacrotophora in the [url=http://www.diptera.info/downloads.php?cat_id=7]DOWNLOADS[/iurl] section. You can try to identify them yourself or you can send them to me. ;)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-07-2008 17:18
#4
I hope you collected these tiny flies. :)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 11-07-2008 22:31
#5
Phil, thank you very much for the ID:). And thank you Paul for the PDFs. I will keep some specimens to send to you;). Jorge, if you want some I will try to catch some more.