Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae: Nephrotoma?

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 05-02-2008 19:38
#1
Gorgeous Tipulid, guess it is a Nephrotoma sp. Maybe a N. quadrifaria? I can't identify the gender either.

Thank you,

Joaquim Gaspar
Portugal

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 05-02-2008 19:39
#2
here is another view, sorry for the poor lighting

Posted by Andrius on 05-02-2008 22:11
#3
Well, it's a female - ovipositor is clearly visible in the first photo, but that's all I can tell Smile

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 07-02-2008 01:08
#4
Let me refresh this thread. Any idea about the species of this gorgeous Tipulid? The genus is probably Nephrotoma, by the patterns in the thorax and abdomen.

Posted by Chen Young on 18-02-2008 20:44
#5
A female of Nephrotoma crocata?

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 23-02-2008 01:33
#6
I don't think so, the shape of the abdomen iis different as well as the colour pattern