Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nematocera (?) larvae from buds --> Psychodidae

Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 16-01-2012 11:26
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I have now read the available literature on European Psychoda larvae. The specimen in your picture has 26 dorsal plates, some of which are much more narrow than the others; leading me to conclude that it most likely belongs to Psychoda cinerea Banks, 1894 or Psychoda gemina (Eaton, 1904).

Edited by Gunnar M Kvifte on 16-01-2012 11:27