Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae? -> Lonchaeidae - Earomyia lonchaeoides
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 23-03-2012 17:50
#1
Hello,
this fly was sitting on a tree-trunk in a forrest near Stuttgart / Germany on 14.03.2012. Size about 5-6mm. Is it an Anthomyiidae species?
Regards
Andreas
Edited by Andreas Haselboeck on 03-04-2012 07:07
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 23-03-2012 17:50
#2
Pic 2
Posted by javanerkelens on 23-03-2012 22:27
#3
I think this is Lonchaeidae
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 25-03-2012 06:57
#4
Hi,
thanks a lot!
Regards
Andreas
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 25-03-2012 17:54
#5
Earomyia.
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 26-03-2012 06:30
#6
Hello Stephane
thank you very much!
Regards
Andreas
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 28-03-2012 09:28
#7
Hi Andreas
Its
Earomyia lonchaeoides - a characteristic early spriing species - the wide genae (cheeks below the eyes) are one of the key characters ....... Iain
http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 03-04-2012 07:06
#8
Hi Iain,
thank you very much!
The fly sat at the trunk of a spruce. Do the larvae eat at sprucewood seeds?
Regards
Andreas
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 03-04-2012 09:31
#9
hi Andreas
Although other species of
Earomyia are known as cone-seed feeders there has never been any record of
E. lonchaeoides larvae being reared from cones - so its early stages are still a bit of a mystery!
best wishes .......... Iain
http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info
Posted by Andreas Haselboeck on 10-04-2012 07:21
#10
Hi Iain,
This is interesting! Many thanks for this information.
Regards
Andreas