Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 19

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,092
· Newest Member: LV
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· Tachinidae
· Gonia divisa -> conf...
· Request: Empididae r...
· which Syrphidae-Spec...
· Syrphus sp.?
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· libor00:08:35
· piros01:11:05
· JulienBerne01:21:19
· Juergen Peters03:00:30
· Volker03:23:26
· smol07:12:16
· weia09:28:00
· Carnifex11:55:12
· Marion Fried...15:11:24
· tabiatdostu15:39:59
Latest Photo Additions

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Helosciomyza fuscine...

Usia martini (male)

Dolichocephala grand...

Dolichocephala grand...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Pseudheleodromia hae...

Chillcottomyia ovati...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Which family of mosquito?
blackdogto
#1 Print Post
Posted on 12-07-2010 17:29
Member

Location:
Posts: 870
Joined: 09.07.09

 It was taken last year September in Hong Kong. The posture is so strange.
blackdogto attached the following image:


[187.44Kb]
Edited by blackdogto on 12-07-2010 17:30
 
ChrisR
#2 Print Post
Posted on 12-07-2010 18:20
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7706
Joined: 12.07.04

 Not a mosquito ... looks closer to Tipulidae/Limonidae to me Smile
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
blackdogto
#3 Print Post
Posted on 13-07-2010 17:58
Member

Location:
Posts: 870
Joined: 09.07.09

 Thanks Chris!!
 
Chen Young
#4 Print Post
Posted on 14-07-2010 22:50
User Avatar

Member

Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA
Posts: 169
Joined: 25.08.05

 This is crane fly in the genus Styringomyia , family Limoniidae.
 
http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/cranefly
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
wich Diptera-Family? -> Anthomyiidae sp. Diptera (adults) 5 10-04-2026 18:52
Family ID -> Bibionidae Diptera (adults) 4 10-04-2026 15:34
Which Family/Genus of Fly? -> Fannia mollissima Diptera (adults) 5 10-04-2026 12:08
Help identifying the family of this Diptera Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae) 4 26-03-2026 15:15
wich Diptera-Family? -> Pollenia sp. (Polleniidae) Diptera (adults) 4 19-03-2026 19:49
Date and time
12 April 2026 08:28
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

John Carr
20.02.26 13:31
Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera group at the CNC. See post in the News section of the main page.

Gnats2meetu
18.02.26 09:33
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in: 1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). 2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid

DedeLab
10.02.26 19:36
Hello Moumoule !

Andre
07.01.26 15:52
Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

John Carr
06.12.25 21:37
He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

Sundew
04.12.25 20:02
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

nichilme
03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

John Carr
01.12.25 22:29
I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

rafael_carbonell
29.11.25 21:57
I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

Nikita Vikhrev
19.11.25 12:31
It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

Render time: 0.55 seconds | 266,992,099 unique visits