Tasiocera
Sign in to saveTasiocera is a genus of crane fly belonging to the family Limoniidae. Species have been recorded in Britain. Members of the subgenus Dasymolophilus are characterized by narrow wings that are covered in dense setae which cover both the edges of the wing and the internal veins.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Limoniidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, South Africa
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Tasiocera is a genus of crane fly belonging to the family Limoniidae. Species have been recorded in Britain. Members of the subgenus Dasymolophilus are characterized by narrow wings that are covered in dense setae which cover both the edges of the wing and the internal veins.
It has a poor fossil record. For a while, the only fossil species that was discovered was Tasiocera circumcincta however two more species were discovered from Eocene resins, Tasiocera gorskii and Tasiocera baltica.
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