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To-day's contribution. Nematocera ?
Dimitri Geystor	#1 Posted on 06-03-2005 18:14
Member Location: Posts: 43 Joined: 03.03.05	Hello, With this one I am completely lost.. Thank you, Dimitri


Gerard Pennards	#2 Posted on 06-03-2005 19:38
Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04	Hello Dimitri, I think you will find it in the family Tipulidae, and the genus is Nephrotoma! Sometimes they are called Tiger Craneflies beacause of the yellow markings! Maybe somebody else will be able to tell you the species as well! Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards


Dimitri Geystor	#3 Posted on 06-03-2005 21:21
Member Location: Posts: 43 Joined: 03.03.05	Thanks indeed, Gerald. Dimitri


Xespok	#4 Posted on 07-03-2005 01:40
Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05	Hi Dimitri, I also think that this is Tipulidae. It could be Nephrotoma sp, or some closely related genus. I enclose two similar flies from Japan. This one is likely to be: Dictenidia pictipennis


Xespok	#5 Posted on 07-03-2005 01:42
Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05	And this one is supposed to be: Ptychoptera japonica


Xespok	#6 Posted on 07-03-2005 01:42
Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05	Nephrotoma sp usually look like this:


Paul Beuk	#7 Posted on 07-03-2005 07:08
Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19250 Joined: 11.05.04	I think the first image posted is a species of Ctenophora, possible the female of C. ornata. It is not a species of Nephrotoma. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Zeegers	#8 Posted on 07-03-2005 19:35
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18546 Joined: 21.07.04	I agree with Paul The first one is in Ctenophora, sometimes referred to as Flabellifera. The last one is Ptychoptera. Theo Zeegers