Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dohrniphora cornuta
Posted by Jaso on 08-07-2008 08:52
#1
I found this larva on a mudflat of the Rupel, a freshwater tidal river in Belgium. Could it be a
Fanniidae-species?
Best regards,
Jan
Edited by Jaso on 10-07-2008 10:55
Posted by Jaso on 08-07-2008 09:04
#2
Couldn't attach the picture
Next try!
Jan
Posted by Jaso on 08-07-2008 09:14
#3
hopefully it is now attached!
size should be ok.
Jan
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-07-2008 12:30
#4
hardly we can say anything with this image. try to get a good close-up at posterior part. And the marginals of segments too.
Posted by Jaso on 08-07-2008 14:20
#5
a more detailed picture,
Jan
Posted by Jaso on 08-07-2008 14:25
#6
another picture with a ventral view
Jan
Posted by Jaso on 10-07-2008 10:25
#7
I went trough some more literature (Smith) and now I know quite sure that it must be
Dohrniphora cornuta
an alien species!
Larvae are found in sewage, compost, dead insects and snails.
This time in a (polluted) estuary accompanied by loads of Tubificid oligochaets and Psychodidae.
Jan