spider parasitoid - Acrocera unguiculata

Moved

Moved from Ogcodes.

… john and jane balaban, 11 March, 2008 - 5:31pm

Acrocera unguiculata

The antennal attachment point is high on the face, near the top of the eyes. This is a key character that separates Acrocera and Ogcodes (below the middle of the face). The reduced venation in hyaline wings; dark head and thorax; and abdomen with vague orangish-brown spots along the posterior margins of the dorsal segments of the abdomen; and the pale squamae, legs, and coxae all point to a female Acrocera unguiculata.

… Dennis Haines, 11 March, 2008 - 5:00pm

thanks

how do you see the antennal insertion? I don't see anything near the top of the eyes except for the ocelli.

… Keith Bayless, 11 March, 2008 - 5:57pm

Actually the antennae appear

Actually the antennae appear to have been lost. You can see the paired points of attachment just below the central forward ocellus.

… Dennis Haines, 11 March, 2008 - 6:00pm

ah, that's why i didn't see them

i extracted the fly from the webbing in the spider's container, unfortunately it must have suffered some damage.

… Keith Bayless, 11 March, 2008 - 6:02pm

The antennae in Acrocera are

The antennae in Acrocera are small and fragile, and they're placed where they're easily lost. I assumed they were lost when extracting it from the web. Great picture by the way!

… Dennis Haines, 11 March, 2008 - 6:07pm