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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Large Crane Flies (Tipulidae) » Ctenophorinae » Tanyptera » Tanyptera dorsalis
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Tipulid? - Tanyptera dorsalis - female
Copyright © 2013 Jonas Insinga

Tipulid? - Tanyptera dorsalis - Female
Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
May 20, 2013
Size: about 1 in.?
A close up of the head. Note the pseudoscorpion clinging to the either the fly's mouth parts or the base of an antenna. The insect's short 'face' and small eyes make me doubt my guess as to whether this is a tipulid or not.

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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 21 May, 2013 - 12:46pm
Last updated 22 May, 2013 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Ctenophora dorsalis.
… Chen Young, 22 May, 2013 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crane Flies.
… Chen Young, 22 May, 2013 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 May, 2013 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Ctenophora dorsalis perhaps.
Ctenophora dorsalis perhaps. Two anal veins is diagnostic for Tipulidae.
… Bill Dean, 21 May, 2013 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

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