Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Crane fly USA 2011-IV-22 (= Rhagio, not a crane fly)

Posted by John Carr on 25-04-2011 01:09
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Found in a small, rotten log next to a stream in Massachusetts, USA. I keyed it to Epiphragma but it doesn't look like one -- creeping welts are small and there are four small, equal lobes around the spiracles. It's not a good match for the description of larva E. fasciapenne (my local species) or the picture in the gallery of E. ocellaris.

Length is 23 mm.

Head:
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Tail:
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Lateral:
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Dorsal:
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Click any picture for larger size.

Edited by John Carr on 25-04-2011 12:51