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 small yellow crane flies mating
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| Sundew |
Posted on 01-06-2012 16:50
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Recently I watched a copula of small yellow crane flies on a wet way in a south Brandenburgian forest. Are they Limoniidae? They do not show very distinctive features, I am afraid. Is an ID possible? Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [191.56Kb] |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 01-06-2012 19:13
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 Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
Hello. Wing veins, for me, seem more like Tipulidae type (I'm excluding totally Trichoceridae because of A2 that here seems straight). If I'm wrong I apologize  |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 01-06-2012 21:21
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
No apologies necessary, IDs from photos are always a risk, especially if the animal is not very special. Thanks for the hint; however, I thought Tipulids were bigger... |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 02-06-2012 17:13
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Here is another yellow one from Berlin (thus a bit different locality, but same time of flying) - may be, it is the same species?
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-06-2012 08:18
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Limoniid. Dicranomyia, I think
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-06-2012 08:19 Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| pjotr oosterbroek |
Posted on 04-06-2012 18:29
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Member Location: Amsterdam Posts: 88 Joined: 05.10.05 |
Identification with Geiger, 1986b (PDF available from CCW) goes to Dicranomyia (Dicr.) autumnalis, but with the description of the species Geiger mentions that the colouration resembles several Dicranomyia's and that details of the hypopygium are needed to come to the species. Kind regards, Pjotr Oosterbroek |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 05-06-2012 12:31
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Many thanks, Nikita and Pjotr - you supplied more information than I expected! A safe genus name is great, and cf. autumnalis may be added with the reservation that the hypopygium might lead to another similar species. |
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