Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulida?

Posted by mvuijlst on 31-10-2004 21:43
#1

Sorry for bombarding you guys with identification requests :)

A kind of smallish tipulid (I think):

www.zog.org/blog/20040824_205748_DSC6279.jpg

Somewhat larger version at http://safari.zog...SC6279.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 31-10-2004 22:07
#2

Certainly one of the crane flies, but whether it is Tipulidae or Limoniidae? What was the size (wing length) approximately?

Posted by mvuijlst on 31-10-2004 22:28
#3

The wings would have been something like 2 cm long. Small.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-11-2004 14:15
#4

If it was that small, the chances are that it is Limoniidae. The details in the picture are not such that identification though 'official charcters' will be possible. A specialist might immediately recognise the species, though.