Help me identify this insect ( a wasp maybe?)

[jokerush]

I need help to identify the following insect.

insect photos


I saw it in Eastern Europe.

Best Regards,
Marius.

[Adam Cotton]

I don't know what it is precisely, but it is not a wasp; it is a fly (Diptera) that apparently mimics a wasp. Note there are only two wings with a pair of halteres instead of hindwings.

Adam.

PS. More detailed locality information might be helpful in identifying this.

[edward]

To me this looks like a member of the fly family Tipulidae. A quick Google search came up with this which looks very similar:

whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/crane-fly-mimicry/

[T.C.]

Ummm... I am thinking "Ctenophora flaveolata" or something very close!

[isidro]

It's a male Ctenophora sp. Sorry but I don't know the eastern species of Ctenophora. I only saw a Ctenophora once in my life, when I was a child.