Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulid or Limonia?

Posted by cebe on 05-04-2008 16:12
#1
Yesterday I had several of them in my garden in Brussels. The body-size is 17 mm.
Is it a tipulid or a Limonia.
thanks,
Bart
www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/q_cranefly_05april2008_top.jpg
www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/q_cranefly_05april2008_top2.jpg
When flying, the abdomen seems orange:
www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/q_cranefly_05april2008_abdo.jpg
Less then 14 segments of antennae so not Limonia?
www.cebe.be/upload/inventaires/q_cranefly_05april2008_anten.jpg

Posted by AndreVrijens on 05-04-2008 19:53
#2
I should say Tipulidae due to the length of the palps

Posted by Sundew on 05-04-2008 22:18
#3
Compare also discussion in thread http://www.dipter...d_id=12045! Sundew

Posted by kitenet on 08-04-2008 23:35
#4
This looks like a good match for Tipula (subgenus Savtschenkia) rufina - the dark stripe along the side of the thorax is characteristic, and it is a common early spring cranefly in the UK. Perhaps Tipula cf. rufina is safest B).

Martin
Edited by kitenet on 08-04-2008 23:35

Posted by Toby on 10-04-2008 21:56
#5
thanks, that does look good for a provisional ID.