Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ceratopogonidae, Germany =>Atrichopogon sp.
Posted by Pristurus on 07-12-2013 16:19
#1
found on 2013-07-01 in a forest near Marburg.
Regards, Ingo
Video:
https://commons.w...07-01.webm
Edited by Pristurus on 15-12-2013 01:10
Posted by Patrycja on 14-12-2013 18:30
#2
Atrichopogon, probably subgenus Meloehelea.
Posted by Pristurus on 15-12-2013 01:08
#3
Thank you very much. I am astonished and very happy to get the genus level.
Regards, Ingo
Posted by Lesu on 15-12-2013 12:14
#4
Hello, But why they all are round the beetles?
:)
Posted by Patrycja on 15-12-2013 12:20
#5
1. they feed on hemolymph
2. they are attracted by cantharidin
Posted by John Carr on 15-12-2013 16:26
#6
Pristurus wrote:
Thank you very much. I am astonished and very happy to get the genus level.
Regards, Ingo
Ectoparasitic Ceratopogonidae on insects are
Forcipomyia and
Atrichopogon. Most
Forcipomyia are conspicuously hairy or have marked wings.
Other Ceratopogonidae may be predatory on insects or parasitic on vertebrates.
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) are also parasitic on vertebrates, frogs in my area.