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Posted by remlabk on 21-05-2007 09:36

Can you identify this please? Photographed 20th May 2007 in King's Wood (SP9230), Bedfordshire, UK, in boulder clay deciduous woodland. Flying around a pile of logs, on which it finally settled. (Someone suggested to me Ctenophora atrata but according to the NBN gateway it doesn't seem to be in this region?).

Thanks, Keith Balmer

Posted by kitenet on 21-05-2007 11:54

Hi Keith,

Definitely not C. ornata, which has a large blackish spot near the wing-tip. I'm pretty sure this is Ctenophora pectinicornis (female), which is a bit more widespread than C. ornata and C. flaveolata (although as chance would have it it's the only Ctenophora I've not seen in the flesh). Associated with large dead trees especially Beech.

There's a photo of pectinicornis in the diptera.info gallery under Tipulidae, although that specimen is less yellow than yours.

Martin

Posted by remlabk on 22-05-2007 20:38

Thanks Martin. Now you've provided a name a bit more surfing found a Roger Key picture of your suggestion that seems identical.

The fairly current NBN dataset appears to show no Beds records so I'd better get this to the recording scheme, but I can't find any email address, just snail mail, so I may have to post it, unless you know of an electronic mechanism?

Thanks again, Keith

Posted by kitenet on 22-05-2007 21:14

Keith,

I've sent you a private message with an email address for John Kramer of the cranefly recording scheme, if it doesn't reach you contact me at work and I'll send it from there.

Martin