Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae or Limoniidae #2 (30.10.10) --> Dolichopeza (Oropeza), Tipulidae
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2010 10:34
#1
Hello!
If this is Tipulidae, it was rather small, only about 12 mm. In garden at light (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2010 19:26
Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-11-2010 10:34
#2
Pic #2
Posted by John Carr on 06-11-2010 15:33
#3
I think it is Tipulidae. Look at either end of the M-Cu crossvein. Cu is bent at the crossvein and M forks before the crossvein.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2010 17:45
#4
Hello, John!
John Carr wrote:
I think it is Tipulidae. Look at either end of the M-Cu crossvein. Cu is bent at the crossvein and M forks before the crossvein.
Thank you. It showed the general impression of a typical Tipulid, but it was so small, therefore I was uncertain.
Posted by Chen Young on 08-11-2010 18:26
#5
This one is the same as your earlier post, a
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) species in Tipulidae.
Dolichopez is a group of smaller size crane fly within the family Tipulidae.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2010 19:26
#6
Chen Young wrote:
This one is the same as your earlier post, a Dolichopeza (Oropeza) species in Tipulidae. Dolichopez is a group of smaller size crane fly within the family Tipulidae.
Many thanks! I never noticed these smaller Tipulidae before.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2010 19:39
#7
Hello!
I have just seen, that there are only two
Dolichopeza species listed for Germany:
D. nitida and
D. albipes. I don't see any white leg parts (as the name
albipes would suggest). Or are tibia and tarsi more light on the foreleg (lower pic; upper picture shows middle leg)? Unfortunately it is out of focus.
Posted by nielsyese on 08-11-2010 20:22
#8
In D. albipes, all tarsi should be mainly white.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2010 20:26
#9
Nielsyese wrote:
In D. albipes, all tarsi should be mainly white.
Thanks, then this should be
nitida.