<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maekistocera" class="extiw" title="w:Maekistocera">Maekistocera</a></i> sp.; female (not described). 
<p>(Identification attempt by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ccw.naturalis.nl/manual.php">Pjotr Oosterbroek</a>: "<i>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijksmuseum_van_Natuurlijke_Historie" class="extiw" title="en:Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie">Leiden museum</a>, I made comparisons between your photos and </i>Megistocera filipes filipes<i> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" class="extiw" title="w:Africa">Africa</a>, and </i>Megistocera filipes fuscana<i> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" class="extiw" title="w:Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. The two subspecies differ only in the male genitalia. The colour characters of your specimens are very specific and certainly not as in </i>filipes<i>. Megistocera has two species, </i>filipes<i> and </i>longipennis<i>. </i>M. longipennis<i> is in North and Central America and the male has short antennae. Therefore, your specimens are not </i>longipennis<i>. So, the only possible conclusion is that your specimens represent a new species, not yet described.</i>")
</p><p>Characters. Jeevan Jose, 2015: (identification by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ccw.naturalis.nl/manual.php">Pjotr Oosterbroek</a>: "in the Leiden museum, comparisons were made between Jeevan Jose's photos <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Maekistocera_filipes_fuscana_-A-male.png">1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Maekistocera_filipes_fuscana_-A-female.png">2</a> and Maekistocera filipes filipes from Africa, and Maekistocera filipes fuscana from Indonesia (the two subspecies differ only in the male genitalia); the colour characters of the male and female from Kerala are very specific and as such might represent a new species, but first more knowledge about the variability of the species is required)".
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Behavior note: A strange crane fly commonly found in low light environments. They approach a leaf and fly drawing circles in the air striking the leaf with their long legs and antennas. They continue this process more than minute before making the perch. I think whether this is to check any predator hides underneath the leaf.
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jkadavoor" title="User:Jkadavoor">Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India</a></div>
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