Thread subject: Diptera.info :: 233_ID? (Trichocera (Metatrichocera) forcipula(male)
Posted by Mucha Fero on 18-10-2012 04:25
#1
Please identify 233 flies. Slovak Republic, Malá Fatra, approximately 500 m altitude. Thank you very much for your help. Best regards! Fote date: 02.10.2012.
Edited by Mucha Fero on 24-04-2015 17:55
Posted by Sara21392 on 18-10-2012 11:38
#2
Limoniidae??
Posted by John Carr on 18-10-2012 14:02
#3
Or Trichoceridae
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 18-10-2012 19:32
#4
How can you tell apart the two?
Posted by John Carr on 18-10-2012 19:36
#5
Trichoceridiae have
* short, usually very short, A2 (half wing length in Tipulidae s.l.)
* ocelli (absent in Tipulidae)
* long antennae (usually shorter in Tipulidae)
* somewhat different wing veins other than A2, but probably with overlap between families
Most Trichoceridae fly in cold weather, while other crane flies are mostly gone after first frost.
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 18-10-2012 20:11
#6
Cool thanks!
Posted by Mucha Fero on 19-10-2012 03:45
#7
John thank you very much.
Posted by Andrius on 22-10-2012 18:07
#8
This is indeed Trichoceridae,
Trichocera (
Metatrichocera)
forcipula Nielsen, 1920. It was known from Slovakia from the publication of J.Starý: Starý, J. 1997. Trichoceridae. In Chvala, M. (Ed.): Check list of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Karolinum - Charles University Press, Prague p. 11.
Posted by Mucha Fero on 24-04-2015 17:55
#9
Andrius thank you very much.