Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula ?
Posted by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 10:42
#1
Hello,
Found in France (Ungersheim - Alsace) April, 28th 2013 near a forest swamp. Lenght 20 mm.
Tipula sp or more ?
Thanks.
Edited by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 10:45
Posted by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 10:45
#2
Second view :
Edited by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 20:43
Posted by Sundew on 10-12-2015 13:03
#3
Your "second view" is a distorted version of Johane's picture in thread
http://www.dipter...d_id=70842 - how did this happen?
As to wing colouration, I suppose
Tipula subgenus
Pterelachisus, but this is just a result of comparison of the French genera in the Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (
http://ccw.natura...search.php).
Regards, Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 10-12-2015 13:38
Posted by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 19:35
#4
Hello Sundew,
Thanks for your answer.
Our second view is the right second view of our post. It is the same Tipula.
Best regards.
Posted by Sundew on 10-12-2015 20:17
#5
I am sorry, but this is what I see - compare the two screenshots! Your second picture shows a blurred detail of a copulation that took place in Sweden! Better delete the photo and post it again to make sure that it shows really
your French fly.
Posted by EHRHARDT Michel on 10-12-2015 20:44
#6
Second view :
Posted by Sundew on 11-12-2015 00:21
#7
Ah - what a nice male! I worked through all pictures of hypopygia in Pjotr Oosterbroek's catalogue and still believe in subgenus
Pterelachisus, something like
Tipula pseudovariipennis. However, I am no cranefly expert at all, so I recommend to write a Private Message to Pjotr Oosterbroek (he visits the forum only rarely - what a pity!). I am very sure he knows the name of your fly.
Posted by EHRHARDT Michel on 11-12-2015 18:14
#8
Thank you Sundew,
I will contact Pjotr.