Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Ptychopteridae possibly
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 15-08-2007 13:10
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Does anyone rcognise this crane-fly ? I think it could be one of the Ptychopteridae, but have not seen many images of this group. Found in wet woodland (Farlington Marshes, Hampshire) on 13th August Stuart Ball attached the following image:  [148.44Kb] |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 15-08-2007 13:14
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
hi, yes Ptychopteridae. more i don't know. i have two posted here but no name for them  so good luck cosmln Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci biology & photography ********************** http://cosmln.nature4stock.com - cosmln's place http://dragonfly.nature4stock.com - Dragonflies of Romania http://insects.nature4stock.com - just insects http://mybiosis.org/nature/portal.php?pagename=firstpage - a romanian flora & fauna database and not only ********************** DSLR Collecting Saves Lives! ********************** " Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten. " an old indian saying |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 16-08-2007 17:24
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Thankyou Cosmin. I live in hope that someone might know. Stuart |
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| kitenet |
Posted on 16-08-2007 20:45
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 Member Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Posts: 118 Joined: 04.05.06 |
Hi Stuart, Your photo seems a good match for my specimens of Ptychoptera albimana, a species that I've also recorded from the south Hants coast (but it is widespread right across the UK). Alan Stubbs's key draws attention to the organge markings on the abdomen, and the whitish-yellow basal segment of the hind tarsus (none of the other species for which I have specimens have this pale tarsal segment). The pale scutellum and relatively un-marked wings also fit. Cheers, Martin Martin Harvey |
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| Stuart Ball |
Posted on 17-08-2007 15:45
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Member Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 34 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Hi Martin, thanks for the ID. I know there are only 7 UK species but trying to find images to make a matching comparison is virtually impossible. Now I know. cheers, Stuart |
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