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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Eriopterini » Erioptera » subgenus Mesocyphona (Erioptera subgenus Mesocyphona)
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Crane Fly - Erioptera
Copyright © 2010 Graham Montgomery

Crane Fly - Erioptera
Vanderpool, Bandera County, Texas, USA
August 8, 2010
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 14 August, 2010 - 10:02am
Last updated 10 November, 2018 - 6:16pm

This is another one that shou
This is another one that should be E. knabi. Should we move it, John Carr?
… Even Dankowicz, 17 June, 2022 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Different
It lacks the black stripe on the scutellum and the conspicuously darkened veins in the white spot where R2+3+4 forks. And the location makes me suspicious; it's more an Eastern than a Southwestern climate.
… John F. Carr, 17 June, 2022 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
OK, will hold off for now.
There might be some variation, though, and the location makes sense. Knabi is recorded from "USA (Mich, south to Calif, Ariz and Fla);; Mexico."
… Even Dankowicz, 17 June, 2022 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erioptera.
… John F. Carr, 10 November, 2018 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 27 August, 2010 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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