Thread subject: Diptera.info :: problems with a tipula key

Posted by Sundew on 09-06-2010 21:42
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The Tipulid expert of this forum is Chen Young (Pittsburgh, USA). He is excellent but is working mainly with American species. Unfortunately, he visits the forum quite seldom, his last visit was on 7 May.
Tipulids are difficult, important characters are e.g. the male genitalia (your photo shows a female). We dare to give guesses of names only for very common and typical species. Often it ends with a subgenus only. So I am afraid you will not find much help as to detailed questions - sorry! You may send Chen Young a private message; in this case, however, try to polish up your English a bit :).
Nevertheless enjoy the forum, there are much more VERY nice flies than but Tipulids!
Regards, Sundew

Edited by Sundew on 09-06-2010 21:42