The larvae live and develop in dry foliage / litter.Die Larven leben in vertrocknetem Laub. L: 3-4.5 mmPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Arthropoden)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LIBBAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: LauxanioideaFamily: Lauxaniidae MARCQUARTt, 1835 (Faulfliegen)Subfamily: LauxaniinaeGenus:
Minettia ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830Subgenus: Minettia ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830
Minettia longipennis FABRICIUS, 1794[det. Gerdt Gingko, 2013, based on this photo]more info:
www.naturespot.org.uk/species/minettia-longipennismore info (German):
www.insektenbox.de/zweifl/minelo.htmEOL:
eol.org/pages/811593/overviewGermany, Hessen, Bad Hersfeld: Ottrau, ca. 300-400m asl., 10.06.2012IMG_1089