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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Limonia » subgenus Geranomyia (Limonia subgenus Geranomyia) » Limonia communis
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crane fly? - Limonia communis
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

crane fly? - Limonia communis
Lucan Conservation Area, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
April 29, 2004
Size: body 5-6 mm
On marsh marigold beside river. Body no bigger than a mosquito but with extra long proboscis and legs.

Update: identified to species on 20 Jul 2005 by Dr. Chen Young of Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 17 February, 2005 - 2:20pm
Last updated 20 July, 2005 - 8:56pm

Could it be a Limonia sp.?
The long proboscis made me think of this one:
… Richard Leung, 17 February, 2005 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Limonia communis
Good call, Richard. I had no idea but today received an email from Dr. Chen Young identifying the photo as Limonia (Geranomyia) communis, so I made pages for the genus and species, and requested info to put there for future reference.
… Robin McLeod, 20 July, 2005 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Toxorhina?
The only other long-beaked one (with unmarked wings) I could find was at Cedar Creek - maybe their name of Toxorhina "elephant" was meant as a joke (?) ...there's no species with that name at Nearctica.com but there's a genus of Tipulidae named Elephantomyia.
… Robin McLeod, 17 February, 2005 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

 
There is...
... an entry on Nearctica.com. Go to: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/diptera/diptipul.htm#anchor24943, practically at the bottom. There are two species.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 18 February, 2005 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
no elephant
Yes, there are two species of Toxorhina but neither of them is named T. elephant.
… Robin McLeod, 15 April, 2005 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

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