Posted by uwe on 15-04-2009 01:03
#1
yesterday i saw many of this flies mating or sitting on trees in a forest near rotterdam
does anyone know genusname or maybe speciesname
uwe
Posted by dhalma on 15-04-2009 01:40
#2
Hi uwe.:)
I think this is Ctenophora flaveolata of Tipulidae, not Ptychopteridae.
You can see key to species and nice pictures and drawings of this group in Oosterbroek (2006)( Entomologische Berichten 66 (5): 138-149).
Edited by dhalma on 15-04-2009 01:41
Posted by uwe on 15-04-2009 10:13
#3
thank you, no doubt you are right, i never expected tipulidae
uwe