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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) » Erioptera dulcis
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Limoniid Crane Fly - Erioptera dulcis - male
Copyright © 2010 Kevin Hall

Limoniid Crane Fly - Erioptera dulcis - Male
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
September 2, 2010

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 17 September, 2010 - 8:24am
Last updated 20 June, 2022 - 10:16pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Mesocyphona.
… Even Dankowicz, 20 June, 2022 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erioptera distincta.
… Even Dankowicz, 17 June, 2022 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

I think this is E dulcis, not
I think this is E dulcis, not distincta... wing pattern differences

confirmed by looking at descriptions.
… Even Dankowicz, 17 June, 2022 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tipulomorpha.
… Chen Young, 1 November, 2010 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Hi Kevin
a nice image of a male Erioptera (Mesocyphona) species. I am out of country right now and will check this one up as soon as I get back. - Chen
… Chen Young, 27 September, 2010 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

 
It is a male
crane fly of Erioptera distincta - Chen
… Chen Young, 1 November, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

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