Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Green Geronymia Ecuador cloudforest

Posted by pbertner on 07-11-2012 06:18
#1

Found in Mindo cloudforest, Ecuador in March.

Very mosquito-like especially with the proboscis; however, quite gangly and too big to be a mosquito.
Dorsal:

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lateral:

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Caudal:

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portrait:

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Thanks for the help,
Paul

Edited by pbertner on 07-11-2012 21:24

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-11-2012 13:27
#2

Possibly Geronomyia.

Posted by John Carr on 07-11-2012 13:27
#3

I think Limonia (Geranomyia) because the palps are at the base of the beak instead of the tip (the long noses of crane flies are not all homologous). Geranomyia may be considered a genus rather than subgenus.

Compare gallery: http://www.dipter...to_id=8295.

Posted by pbertner on 07-11-2012 21:25
#4

Thanks for the ID guys, very appreciated!

Paul