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 Ctenophora species: which?
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| wilde |
Posted on 20-05-2007 07:43
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Yesterday seen in my garden (Koudekerke, Walcheren, Netherlands)this Ctenophora (Tupilidae). Could anyone help me with the species name? Is it a female?
wilde attached the following image:  [148.83Kb] Edited by wilde on 20-05-2007 07:45 Albert de Wilde |
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| wilde |
Posted on 20-05-2007 07:44
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
A close-up of the head.
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| wilde |
Posted on 10-06-2007 09:49
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Jan Zwaaneveld gave me the comments (26-12-2006) of Louis Boumans about a male cranefly with 2 wingspots: .... only 2 species have a stigmatic + an apical wing spot, i.e. Dictenidia bimaculata and Ctenophora nigriceps. The latter is not known from the NL, only from Sweden, so this must be D. bimaculata, which is also "the most widespread"and "relatively frequently encountered". I didn't find any photos of a Ctenophora nigriceps to compare but meanwhile Louis Boumans confirmed me that my cranefly is the female of Dictenidia bimaculata. Today I photographed the male in my garden. I'll send some photos of both insects to the gallery soon. wilde attached the following image:  [108.38Kb] Edited by wilde on 10-06-2007 19:39 Albert de Wilde |
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| Chen Young |
Posted on 13-08-2007 19:11
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 Member Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA Posts: 169 Joined: 25.08.05 |
This one is female of Dictenidia bimaculata accoding to key at Oosterbroek's "The West Palearctic species of Ctenophorinae (Diptera: Tipulidae):, key, distribution and refernces". |
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