Leptotarsus (Macromastix) costalis (Common Brown Crane Fly)
identification notes from Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974 The Tipulidae of Australia X. The genus Leptotarsus. Aust.J.Zool. Suppl. Ser. 25: 31-62
The male can easily be recognized by the very long, almost filiform antennae and by the long, pale, dense hairs on the head and thorax; rostrum long with prominent nasus and long setae on its apex; antennal scape large, swollen in middle, tawny; pedicel very small; flagellar segments black; basal segment of palp brown, black apically; thorax tawny; clothed with long, pale, fine, erect hairs; prescutum with 4, sometimes indistinct, brown stripes; scutal lobes, scutellum and postnotal mediotergite of ground colour; former often with brown patch anteriolaterally; legs of ground colour; femora and tibiae dark brown or blackish at apex; tarsi usually dark brown or blackish; the wing membrane is hyaline, with light greyish tint and the anterior border and the stigma brown; cell M1 petiolate; wing length 18-21mm; haltere of ground colour with brown knob; basal segments of abdomen tawny, terminal segments black or dark brown.
The female has short antennae and is very similar to L. (M.) macquartianus which, however, is confined to Tasmania.
Leptotarsus (Macromastix) costalis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
Species information
- Leptotarsus (Macromastix) costalis Scientific name
- Common Brown Crane Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1082m Recorded at altitude
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Albury ANBG Aranda Bushland Bimberi Nature Reserve Black Mountain Block 402 Boro Braemar Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range City Renewal Authority Area Coornartha Nature Reserve Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Felltimber Creek NCR Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Goulburn Mulwaree Council Haig Park High Range Jellore Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Painter Nadgigomar Nature Reserve Nail Can Hill Namadgi National Park Piney Ridge Rugosa Sullivans Creek, Turner Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wodonga WREN Reserves -
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Borough, NSW Watson, ACT Yass River, NSW
