Sighting 3346870
Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1
A limoniid crane fly at Gordon, ACT
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| Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1 | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Sep 2016 | |
| Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1 | KimPullen | 11 Sep 2016 | |
| Tipulidae sp. (Family) | DaveFerg | 8 Sep 2016 |
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Near Point Hut Pond.
10 comments
10 Sep 2016
Would you like me to ask Gunther Theischinger at AusMus if he can take it further?
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.
11 Sep 2016
Its just that I have never seen a crane fly with a pointy proboscis for nectar feeding.
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.
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.
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
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078387-35.456497
- Altitude 581.0m
- Maps Point Hut Pond
- Places Gordon, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 10 Sep 2015 07:52 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects True flies (Diptera) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1
Species information
- Geranomyia sp. (genus) cnm1 Scientific name
- A limoniid crane fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 581m Recorded at altitude
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