Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Tipulidae (Crane flies)

Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Tipula bimaculata Linnaeus, 1761 | Dictenidia idriensis (Scopoli, 1763) | Dictenidia maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Dictenidia pectinata (Gmelin, 1790) | Dictenidia paludosa (Fabricius, 1794) | Dictenidia fulvida (Bigot, 1861) |

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, male  9972
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-30 10:17:43
    Image number: 9972
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-30 10:17:43

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, male  9973
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-30 10:32:20
    Image number: 9973
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-30 10:32:20

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, male  9974
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-30 10:17:15
    Image number: 9974
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-30 10:17:15

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, male  9975
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-30 10:12:53
    Image number: 9975
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-30 10:12:53

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, larvae  9976
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, larvae
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-11 11:29:45
    Image number: 9976
    larvae
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-11 11:29:45

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, larva  9977
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-16 15:57:04
    Image number: 9977
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-16 15:57:04

  • Dictenidia bimaculata, larva  9978
    Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)     
    Dictenidia bimaculata, larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2021-05-11 13:29:59
    Image number: 9978
    larva
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2021-05-11 13:29:59


Classification:
Dictenidia bimaculata belongs to the subfamily Ctenophorinae.
Note:
On 11 May 2021 I found some larvae under deadwood (Betula) in a clearing and took one of them along with a small piece of the deadwood. The larva I took with me developed into a male of Dictenidia bimaculata.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Oosterbroek P.: Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)