Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xylophagus ? Xylophagus (cf.) cinctus
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 15:15
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Found this under pine bark March 19 in Telemark, Norway. Aprox. 24 mm.
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 17:25
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 15:15
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 15:16
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 15:17
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-03-2021 16:23
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Looks OK for
Xylophagus, and seems to fit
cinctus quite well.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 22-03-2021 17:24
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Thank you so much, Tony! I read a little cf. out of what you write - or is it an expert's way of telling what species it is ...?
Morten
Posted by Zeegers on 22-03-2021 18:22
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Whyu cinctus ? That is a pine species.
Theo
Posted by atylotus on 22-03-2021 19:27
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@theo: larvae was collected on pine
Posted by Zeegers on 22-03-2021 20:07
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ah!
My brain red Betula.
Theo
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-03-2021 10:46
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Yes, there is a little cf. ringing in my head. It has all the characters for a
cinctus larva, as given in Stubbs and Drake (British Soldierflies), but AFAIK the larva of
junki is unknown, and I'm not sure which other species might occur in Norway.
Posted by Zeegers on 23-03-2021 12:15
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Both.
Theo
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-03-2021 16:27
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Thanks!
4 or 5 Xylophagus species occur in Norway - including X. junki.
Morten
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-03-2021 17:08
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Hi Morten
Krivosheina & Mamayev (1972) Ent Rev wash. 51, 258-267 provide an illustrated key to the larvae of the Palearctic Xylophagus species. Your photos seem to fit well with X. cinctus. I ca send you a scan of the relevant pages if you require.
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-03-2021 17:11
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- but as Tony says - the larvae of X. junki has not been described
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-03-2021 19:38
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Thank you, Iain!
It would have been nice to have an illustrated key to the larvae of the Palearctic Xylophagus species. You have my email. :)
Morten