Posted by clovis on 12-07-2011 14:00
#1
Hi,
This
Tipula has been taken in south France.
lauriaut : France : Mirabeau : 84 : 26/05/2011
Altitude : 250 - Taille : 17 mm
Réf. : 70713
lauriaut : France : Mirabeau : 84 : 26/05/2011
Altitude : 250 - Taille : 17 mm
Réf. : 70714
I can not manage to ID it.:| I'm thinking quadrivittata, but it doesn't totally fit. Any ideas?
Posted by JSalmela on 12-07-2011 19:22
#2
Hi,
Nice fly and good photos. It would be great if you could macerate the hypopygium in KOH and take photographs on the hypopygium immersed in ethanol or glycerol. However, this is some sg. Lunatipula, perhaps livida/circumdata or something very close to them.
-Jukka Salmela
Posted by pjotr oosterbroek on 08-08-2011 15:32
#3
This is almost certainly Tipula (Lunatipula) livida livida van der Wulp, 1859, unless it is a member of the livida group not know from France yet, like circumdata (see http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/ccw/ for distribution details of these species).
