Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1

A limoniid crane fly at Gordon, ACT

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Identification history

Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1	11 Sep 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1	11 Sep 2016	KimPullen
Tipulidae sp. (Family)	8 Sep 2016	DaveFerg

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Near Point Hut Pond.

10 comments

RogerF wrote:

10 Sep 2016

Would you like me to ask Gunther Theischinger at AusMus if he can take it further?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

10 Sep 2016

Thanks Roger, that would be good. Dave Ferguson has today expressed his wish to withdraw from covering flies, so we have to canvas more widely to get the expertise we need.

RogerF wrote:

11 Sep 2016

Its just that I have never seen a crane fly with a pointy proboscis for nectar feeding.

DaveFerg wrote:

11 Sep 2016

There is no other family that fly could belong with that wing venation and those legs. The proboscis is only viewable in the one image. In any event, if it had such a proboscis that character would be certainly unique, and very interesting.

RogerF wrote:

11 Sep 2016

I agree

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

11 Sep 2016

I have added a close up of the upper body.

RogerF wrote:

11 Sep 2016

Gunther has identified the crane-fly as a species of Geranomyia in the polyphyletic family Limoniidae. This used to be a sub-family in the Tipulidae but has recently been raised to family level.

DaveFerg wrote:

11 Sep 2016

I withdraw

RogerF wrote:

11 Sep 2016

A quick search on the web shows that crane flies in the genus Geranomyia found world wide, all have a proboscis adapted for nectar feeding. Fossil records date the limoniidae back to the Jurassic before the appearance of flowering plants in the Cretacious

KimPullen wrote:

12 Sep 2016

ID entered as Geranomyia sp., ID by Gunther Theischinger via Roger.

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