Thread subject: Diptera.info :: crane-fly like

Posted by mariak on 17-05-2005 22:45
#1

This fly looks like a crane fly but is only 5 mm. Sorry it's in reasonably bad condition (i.e. no legs). Could this be a crane fly or maybe an Asilidae? Its face has some hairs, but I wouldn't consider it bearded.

Thanks so much! ;)

Maria

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-05-2005 19:33
#2

Rest assured, it is a crane fly. I think the relatively reduced venation should be a good pointer towards the genus but my book does not give an illustration of this particular venation. I may try to use the key on this one, but then you will have to be a little patient.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-08-2014 08:52
#3

Dicranomyia (or Limonia in American style). Rs very short, this might lead somewhere, eyes rather big, nearly holoptic, but I'm not even sure whether cell D is open or not, so still too many options I'm afraid...

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-08-2014 08:54