Dull-yellow Crane Fly - Leptotarsus (Macromastix) hackeri

Family Tipulidae

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

Body length 15mm

 

 

This Crane Fly is yellowish in colour. Wings are brownish-yellow tint with costal margin and stigma darker. Abdomen is yellow with segments 7 and 8 dark brown, other segments including segment 9 is pale yellow. There is no dorsomedian stripe on abdomen. Thorax is dull yellow without any stripes. Legs are dull yellow to brown towards the tips. Haltere is pale brown. 

 

 

 

We found this fly on Apr 2005 and Oct 2010 in Ford Road Conservation Area. 

 

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Reference:

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

2. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. X. The genus Leptotarsus Guérin; the subgenus Macromastix Osten-Sacken* - 1974, NV Dobrotworsky, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22(25) 31 - 62.

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