Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae?--Yes Lonchaea

Posted by Lavendel on 22-10-2021 07:34
#1
Is this a Lonchaeidae with a bump on its fore-head?
Is further ID possible?
Edited by Lavendel on 23-10-2021 05:18

Posted by Lavendel on 22-10-2021 07:34
#2
an other pic.

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 22-10-2021 08:59
#3
Hi Sandra

Its a female Lonchaea species, it has probably only recently emerged from the puparium hence the bump on the head as the ptilinum has not yet fully retracted

Posted by Lavendel on 23-10-2021 05:17
#4
Hi Ian,
Many thanks for the explantion.
Kind regards, Sandra