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Yesterday, 01-05-2013, I saw many of these normal sized Craneflies in wet grasslands in La Fontoure, Saint Gilles, Indre, France. They are mostly orange, wings with dark veins and a black pterostigma. I have searched for hours, but I can't find a lookalike.

I am not sure if it is a Tipulidae. It might also be something else, maybe a Limoniidae? Can anyone help me???

Thanks in advance, Tjitske Lubach

http://observado....w/75650610

Female

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Male

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Austrolimnophila ochracea? Please add to gallery if confirmed because there are no adults of this genus.

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Thank you very much John. So it is a Limoniidae after all. There are little photo's of the species on the internet. I hope someone can confirm it. And if the pictures are good enough I will of course upload them to this site. :)

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I don't know, something bother me with the habitus.
What about Phylidorea/Euphylidorea?
No certitude :|

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Thank you very much clovis. That lookes also promissing. But I don't know much about these flies, so I couldn't tell. I am depending on experts on this forum! So I hope someone can confirm it...

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Yesterday I took some pictures of the same species of craneflies in copula. It may give some extra information?

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Is vein MA present near the base of the wing? That vein is present in Limnophila s. lat. but not Austrolimnophila.

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Identification with Stubbs, 1997c (PDF in http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/ccw/) leads to Euphylidorea dispar, a species widespread in Europe.
I am almost sure this is correct.
Pjotr Oosterbroek

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The species is confirmed as Euphylidorea dispar, thanks to Pjotr Oosterbroek who has identified and Jaroslav Stary who has confirmed it.

Thanks to you all.