Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulid with very short wings

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-10-2005 20:52
#1
Hello!

This Tipulid with the size of a smaller Tipula rested on our house's wall (Ostwestfalen/Germany) yesterday. Its wings were very short. Is that a malformation or are there species with such brachypterid females?
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0931-1.jpg

Posted by Kahis on 30-10-2005 14:41
#2
There are some brachypterous Tipulids, but I think this one's teneral (very recently hatched).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2005 20:01
#3
Hello, Kahis!

Kahis wrote:
There are some brachypterous Tipulids, but I think this one's teneral (very recently hatched).


Oh! I didn't remember that possibility. Thanks!