Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Tipulidae -> Nephrotoma suturalis wulpiana

Posted by John Carr on 03-03-2017 14:55
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I thought of N. ferruginea immediately -- it is the common species where I live -- but thought you must have some similar species in Europe. Now I see that N. ferruginea has been recorded from Spain and Portugal and is distinguished from native species by "the orange-brown stripes on the dorsum in place of the more usual black markings."

I think vein Rs might be too long. A clearer picture of the wing would help resolve that doubt.

Hancock, E.G., C. Quirce & M.A. Marcos-GarcĂ­a. 2015. A second European record for Nephrotoma ferruginea (Fabricius, 1805), a potential insect pest, with other Iberian records of Nephrotoma species (Diptera,Tipulidae). Entomologists Monthly Magazine, 151: 149-153.

I think there was a revision of the species group including ferruginea but I don't have time to look for it right now.