Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Some unknown Nematocera
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-10-2005 01:16
#1
Hello!
I am just going through my older photos checking for unidentified species. Perhaps someone can help me with these Nematocera of whom I am even unsure about the families (except the first one, which I think is genus
Tipula, maybe
fascipennis?). Thanks in advance for any hints!
All photos were taken in Ostwestfalen/Germany on meadows near a wood or in our garden.
This one was about three fourths the size of a
Tipula oleracea, photo taken May-21, 2005:
This is from May-24, 2004. Same species?
A darker, smaller, more slender species, photographed on May-25, 2003:
A rather small black and red species which visited umbellifers on August-28, 2004:
And again a spring species (May-01-05) visiting milkweed flowers in our garden:
Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-10-2005 08:45
#2
Juergen Peters wrote:
Hello!
I am just going through my older photos checking for unidentified species. Perhaps someone can help me with these Nematocera of whom I am even unsure about the families (except the first one, which I think is genus Tipula, maybe fascipennis?). Thanks in advance for any hints!
All photos were taken in Ostwestfalen/Germany on meadows near a wood or in our garden.
This one was about three fourths the size of a Tipula oleracea, photo taken May-21, 2005:
[image1]
This is from May-24, 2004. Same species?
[image2]
I think so. Maybe a
Tiplua (lunatipula) species.
A darker, smaller, more slender species, photographed on May-25, 2003:
[image3]
I think a male of
Ptychoptera (Ptychopteridae).
A rather small black and red species which visited umbellifers on August-28, 2004:
[image4, image 5]
A species of the Keroplatidae, probably an
Orfelia.
And again a spring species (May-01-05) visiting milkweed flowers in our garden:
[image6, image7]
I think a female of
Ptychoptera (Ptychopteridae).
And I took the liberty of making all images visible, rather than showing the links. That makes it easier to answer the questions and (if we want) to discuss the identifications. :)
Posted by Jan Willem on 20-10-2005 11:03
#3
Hi J?rgen,
I totally agree with Paul concerning the Ptychopteridae. His identification will not be a surprise to you I guess, because your first
Pthychoptera image is also found on "insektenfotos.de" (
http://insektenfo...e)_001.jpg), where it was already identified as
Ptychoptera contaminata.
Jan Willem
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2005 02:19
#4
Hello, Paul and Jan!
Thanks for your help!
Paul Beuk wrote:
And I took the liberty of making all images visible, rather than showing the links. That makes it easier to answer the questions and (if we want) to discuss the identifications. :)
That's right, but I did not know if those many pics were too much for one thread. I did not want to make the page unreadable due to long loading time for modem users.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-10-2005 02:26
#5
Hello, Jan!
Jan Willem wrote:
I totally agree with Paul concerning the Ptychopteridae. His identification will not be a surprise to you I guess, because your first
Pthychoptera image is also found on "insektenfotos.de" (
http://insektenfo...e)_001.jpg), where it was already identified as
Ptychoptera contaminata.
Yes, that's on my own Diptera-Pics-Page (
http://insektenfo...iptera.htm), but I included it there only with a 'cf.' and a '?' at the end, because that was only my own amateurish identification. Nice that I was not
so wrong... :-)
Posted by Jan Willem on 21-10-2005 07:34
#6
So you see J?rgen, don't underestimate yourself.;)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-10-2005 08:08
#7
Juergen Peters wrote:
That's right, but I did not know if those many pics were too much for one thread. I did not want to make the page unreadable due to long loading time for modem users.
You may always put htem in different threads. Modem users can now load them from the same site in stead of having to open two sites. ;)