Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae from Romania

Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 15-03-2016 16:10
#1
Any idea about this one (Eustalomyia sp.?). I reared it from a pupae found in a dead deciduous wood, together with some ants (it is any correlation between the pupae and the ants?). From North-East of Romania, 23.02.2016.

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Edited by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 15-03-2016 16:13

Posted by piros on 15-03-2016 18:26
#2
A female Eustalomyia hilaris?
Greetings,
Henrik

Posted by John Carr on 15-03-2016 19:05
#3
Eustalomyia, and the habitat is typical. Larvae are kleptoparasites in nests of Crabronidae. Possibly they could even be cannibals, if the wasp stocked its nest with captured adult Anthomyiidae.

Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 17-03-2016 09:25
#4
Many thanks guys for the ID and the info, very interesting life behaviour :)