Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tipulidae, Ctenophora?
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| Siga |
Posted on 26-05-2008 14:55
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Member Location: Southern Germany Posts: 101 Joined: 17.05.07 |
Hi again everybody (after a long time) I took this picture already two years ago, and because I saw something very similar today in my garden in Southern Germany, I got interested once more. So I looked in the gallery, but I could not find. Surly somebody knows that eyecatching insect. locality: Southern France on the beginning of the Pyrenees, valley of river Aspe, about 600 m high date: May 12th 2006 habitat: meadow, pasture of cows length: I cannot remember, but shurely bigger than 20 mm Thanks for your help, Siga Siga attached the following image:  [180.24Kb] |
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| kitenet |
Posted on 26-05-2008 20:58
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 Member Location: Buckinghamshire, UK Posts: 118 Joined: 04.05.06 |
Just a guess on my part, but I wonder if this is the female of Ctenophora elegans? It looks similar to the males in the gallery, especially the yellow stripe on the side of the thorax. Unfortunately not a species we get in the UK  Martin Martin Harvey |
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| AndreVrijens |
Posted on 26-05-2008 21:38
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 Member Location: Eifel, Germany Posts: 98 Joined: 18.03.08 |
Ctenophora pectinicornis female.
Best regards, Andre |
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| conopid |
Posted on 27-05-2008 09:21
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
I'd say this was a female Dictenidia bimaculata
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| AndreVrijens |
Posted on 27-05-2008 15:42
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Member Location: Eifel, Germany Posts: 98 Joined: 18.03.08 |
Bimaculata means something like "two spots". D.bimaculata has two dark spots on the wing, at stigma and at apex. Also the lichter yellow spots on the abdomen are typically C.pectinicornis. Best regards, Andre |
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| Siga |
Posted on 27-05-2008 18:04
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Member Location: Southern Germany Posts: 101 Joined: 17.05.07 |
Thanks a lot. It is obvious, that there is only one spot on each wing, nothing at the apex. And I think Andre knows, that that species may occur in the indicated location in Southern France. The only one photo in the Gallery of Ct. pectinicornis could well be completed with my picture ?? If you think too, please tell me what I have to do. (I added already once a picture, but I forgot in the meantime) Thanks again, Siga |
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| conopid |
Posted on 27-05-2008 20:25
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Hi Andre, I am no expert, so I probably got this one wrong as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insectman/2517181738/sizes/l/ Could you advise is this also Ctenophora? Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| AndreVrijens |
Posted on 27-05-2008 20:35
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Member Location: Eifel, Germany Posts: 98 Joined: 18.03.08 |
Nigel, your photo on flickr is C.pectinicornis as well. I could not find any name at your photo but I presume you made it a D. bimaculata? Best regards, Andre |
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| AndreVrijens |
Posted on 27-05-2008 20:52
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Member Location: Eifel, Germany Posts: 98 Joined: 18.03.08 |
Siga wrote:The only one photo in the Gallery of Ct. pectinicornis could well be completed with my picture ?? If you think too, please tell me what I have to do. (I added already once a picture, but I forgot in the meantime) Thanks again, Siga I think it is best to add your photo to the gallery. I have my doubts about the photo of C.pectinicornis that is allready in the gallery. Maybe it is a colour variation of another region? Best regards, Andre |
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| conopid |
Posted on 27-05-2008 21:24
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Hi Andre, Thanks for that. It has resolved the confusion for me. 
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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