Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scatopsidae ID

Posted by Jozef Obona on 02-03-2011 21:10
#1

november 2010
In tree-hole

images.graphic4life.net/images/fadg9u4j5a7gfa8wxepa.jpg

images.graphic4life.net/images/tly5vswwhq5y9n298e51.jpg

images.graphic4life.net/images/elp9irmsxfk3ys4hwayb.jpg

Scatopsidae ?

Thx for help :)

Edited by Jozef Obona on 04-03-2011 20:30

Posted by Cranefly on 03-03-2011 06:56
#2

Scatopsidae surely. As for the genus - externally resembling more the picture with Scatopse subnitens Verral, 1886 - the present valid name
Rhexoza subnitens (Verrall, 1886). But really there are too many Scatopsidae species with unknown larval morphology to be sure....:|
Rexoza subnitens common in fresh tree wounds filled with sap, possibly in fresh tree holes...:)

Edited by Cranefly on 03-03-2011 12:05

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2011 09:48
#3

'Rexosa fuscipes' is now Coboldia fuscipes.

Within Scatopsini and Swammerdamellini larvae have been described in only four genera. Haenni keyed them out in the Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera but not every genus was illustrated in that key. Following the description it might be Coboldia but unfortunately the pictures are just not distinct enough.

Posted by Jozef Obona on 04-03-2011 20:33
#4

Cranefly and Paul
Thanks a lot for ID :)
Jozef