Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Wasp-like Tipulidae (Western Ghats, India)

Posted by muscicapa on 13-04-2015 09:31
#1

Wonder if this might be identifiable to genus..

Was found on wet soil of stream bed in shade of dense evergreen forest in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India.
Higher resolution images can be got from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tipuloid_waspmimic.jpg

TIA
best wishes
Shyamal

Posted by Andre Burgers on 13-04-2015 09:54
#2

Shyamal,

Looks like Ctenophora to me. But really no expert. ;)

Very beautiful indeed!!! |t

¡Saludos! :)

Edited by Andre Burgers on 13-04-2015 10:08

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 01-09-2016 09:23
#3

Limoniidae, Hexatoma (Eriocera) sp., venation is poorly visible as well as other important characters, using Edward's key it runs with some conjectures to flavicosta, a fly with different coloration of abdomen.