Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula (Savtshenkia) signata larva

Posted by atylotus on 21-01-2010 09:41
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Most diagnostic details are hard to see, even the photo is too blurry, but it is a Tipula spec. To give a species name I need information like the shape and number of the anal tubules. In aquatic systems Tipula (Yamatotipula) and T. (Acutipula) are most common. Other (semi-) aquatic species are T. (Schumellia) variicornis, T. (Savtshenkia) spec., T. (Mediotipula) spec. and occasionally in moors T. (Platytipula). When I only look at the colouration of the lobes than it resembles a T. (Savtchenkia) signata, but I'm not quit sure (even about the subgenus) without having a look at the anal tubules.