Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Heleomyzidae in copula

Posted by Menno Reemer on 16-06-2010 08:45
#1

Is anyone able to put a species name on this?

Edited by Menno Reemer on 16-06-2010 08:48

Posted by Andrzej on 16-06-2010 08:59
#2

Suillia sp. Add plz the locality. Look like Suillia variegata ;)

Posted by Menno Reemer on 16-06-2010 09:27
#3

Locality: Netherlands, Leiden, last week. They were found near the mushroom Agaricus nivescens var. squarrosipes, a rare species in the Netherlands, in which many fly larvae were present. Some Braconidae of a rare species previously unknown from the Netherlands were reared from the same mushroom. Possibly this Suillia is the host for this parasitoid.

Edited by Menno Reemer on 16-06-2010 09:28

Posted by Andrzej on 16-06-2010 09:45
#4

thx a lot, so I am sure about the species name :D

Posted by Menno Reemer on 16-06-2010 09:54
#5

Thanks!
What is known about the biology of this species? Does it develop in other mushroom species too?