Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Symplecta (Limoniidae) ?
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| Kahis |
Posted on 07-08-2006 21:35
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
HI! It is my turn to ask for help. I do not as a rule take Tipulids (sensu lato), but every now and then I collect some, just to get a feeling for the various families. As far as I can tell - which is not far at all - this is a species of Symplecta. Can anybody tell me which species? Collected from a streamside, late July, southern Finland.  
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-08-2006 22:50
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi Kahis The additional cross-vein connecting R3 and R4 suggests Symplecta hybrida, but I don't have a specimen or figure to check the genitalia. They look similar to, but certainly different from S. stictica. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 09-08-2006 08:59
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Hi. A send photo and the abdomen in alcohol to Jukka Salmela, a finnish expert on Limonidae. His comment: probably S. chosenensis (Alex.), new for northern Europe!  We are now working to confirm this record.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-08-2006 10:28
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Kahis wrote: I do not as a rule take Tipulids (sensu lato), but every now and then I collect some,... ... species new to northern Europe !! That's so cool! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 09-08-2006 11:32
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
it is on the GB list, Peter's illustration certainly looks like photo of terminalia Chandler, P. & R. Crossley, 2003, Symplecta chosenensis (Alexander, 1940) (Diptera, Limoniidae) new to Britain, with comments on the status of S. scotica (Edwards, 1938). Dip. Dig. 10(1) |
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