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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A Tipulidae in French Guiana

Posted by Bernard Perthuis on 31-08-2022 19:54

Hi,
Sorry that is probably not easy.
And I don't even got the genus list of Tipulidae in French Guiana.
Collected in .....my bathroom in Kourou.
It is not Brachypremna, nor Lecteria and Megistocera I don't think so.
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Posted by John Carr on 31-08-2022 21:13

Elephantomyia or Toxorhina (proboscis long with small palps at tip)

Posted by Bernard Perthuis on 31-08-2022 22:13

Many thanks, John. It should be Elephantomyia, because of the wings nervation.

Posted by Bernard Perthuis on 01-09-2022 19:18

Actually, at tip of the proboscis, there are no palps, it's the proboscis itself (a bit splitted ).
So now I guess it is a Geranomyia because of the veination