Posted by Jan Willem on 26-07-2010 16:54
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The soil near the pitfall trap is rather sandy and dry. The larva is about 9 mm length.
@Paul: Which publication of Rozkosny are you refering to? Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera Volume 2?
With this publication I indeed identified the larva as an
Oxycera species. It does look like the drawing of
O. leonina in that publication. Furthermore this is the only
Oxycera species known from "De Kaaistoep" sofar. But I don't have a key to the species of this genus. At least not for the larvae. However in the key of Ben Brugge (2002) it is mentioned that
O. leonina is the only species in this genus with terestrial larvae.
Edited by Jan Willem on 26-07-2010 16:56