Thread subject: Diptera.info :: weird wing venation in Rhamphomyia laevipes

Posted by jonas on 31-01-2012 09:45
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Hi,
I tried to take pictures (with my girlfriends Ipod trough the binoc).. Don't expect much ;)

I assume the immense front legs are typical, but I cant find the species... I tried for family level, but I keep ending up with Hybotidae.

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d2 by Jonas Mortelmans, on Flickr

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d3 by Jonas Mortelmans, on Flickr

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dipt1 by Jonas Mortelmans, on Flickr

I found a second specimen, so the wing isn't an abberation ;)

Jonas