Dotted-wing Crane Fly - Leptotarsus (Habromastix) terraereginae

Family Tipulidae

This page contains pictures and information about Dotted-wing Crane Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 15mm

 

 

Pictures taken near Alexandra Hill during early winter. This Crane Fly has patterned wings and very long antennae. The long antennae show this is a male Crane Fly. 

 

 

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Reference:

1. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p741.

1. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. IX. The genus Leptotarsus Guerin; the subgenus Habromastix Skuse* - 1974, NV Dobrotworsky, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22(25) 15 - 30. 

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