Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula (Vestiplex) fragilicornis Riedel 1913 ♀

Posted by eklans on 08-09-2025 15:37
#6

Grazie per le immagini! It's definitely not T. pagana! The ovipositor looks like these of subgenus Lunatipula (alpina etc.). The palpus is short but seems to have enough segments. I have no experience with dried specimen, do the segments shrink when dried?
Is the brachyptery caused by a growth defect?