Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula sp. ?
Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 06-02-2010 07:28
#1
size: probably ~ 4 cm ( ?)
place: N-E Romania, in my garden
Date: 09.09.2009
Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 06-02-2010 07:29
#2
second image
Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 06-02-2010 07:30
#3
another view
Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 06-02-2010 20:13
#4
Any ideas?:|
Posted by Walther Gritsch on 06-02-2010 23:00
#5
Should be
Tipula (Acutipula) fulvipennis, male.
The small dark spot between Cu and A1 is exclusive to this species among the Acutipula.
Unless new species have joined the subgenus since Mannheims wrote in Die Fliegen der paläarktischen Region this should be a safe determination.
Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 07-02-2010 07:44
#6
Thanks a lot for this determination, but please tell me what mean
Cu and A1...
Alexaandru
Posted by Walther Gritsch on 07-02-2010 14:29
#7
If you count the veins running to the hind edge of the wing A1 and Cu are the 2nd and 3rd.
Approximately in the middle of the cell they are bordering (cu) is the small dark spot, seen very clearly on your second image.