I found this romantic couple while I had observation in my corn field. If I am not mistaken, it is Tipulidae crane fly, but I am curious to know more about its further identity. I would be thankful if anyone can help me.
Looks like genus Nephrotoma, but yes more detailed images needed - also location - Indonesia? That would narrow down the possibilities.
Unfortunately I don't have more pictures. This is the only one I captured in East Java Province, Indonesia.
I think it is genus Nephrotoma, but there are a lot of similar species and a lot of detail is needed to separate them. There is a useful online group that you might like http://www.diptera.info/news.php where you can ask questions, post photos etc.
Yes, I agree this is a mating pair of Nephrotoma. If you use Oosterbroek's excellent online catalogue:
http://ccw.naturalis.nl/
and search on Nephrotoma + Indonesia, you will get a list of 36 species. Each of these you can then go to in turn, to get further information, literature etc. But identification to species from such a picture will be difficult I think, if not impossible.
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