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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Dicranoptycha » Dicranoptycha elsa
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BG758 C7592 - Dicranoptycha elsa - male
Copyright © 2007 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG758 C7592 - Dicranoptycha elsa - Male
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
April 12, 2007
Size: Body length 8.8 mm.
This appears to be in the family Tipulidae. When collected, it was mated with this female
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 20 April, 2007 - 6:15pm
Last updated 20 April, 2008 - 2:59pm

Male crane fly
in the family Limoniidae. It is Dicranoptycha elsa . A woodland species in low shrubs. See here for some other related species . - Chen
… Chen Young, 24 April, 2007 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
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