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Beautiful grey Psychodidae
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Posted on 16-05-2009 18:17
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Hello everybody,

I saw yesterday this beauty. About 4-5 mm, with two distinct black spots on the wings.
Somebody suggested Pericoma canescens on our French forum.
Does some of you confirm or infirm ths tentative identification?
Thanks in advance.
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I doubt canescens (which is very rare): might well be Pneumia trivialis. By the way, all psychodids are beautiful (I might be slightly biased !).
 
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Phil,

Thanks for the pointer. And I'm not far of sharing your point of view about their beauty.
Pneumia trivialis doesn't exist on Fauna europaea. The only trivialis in the Psychodidae is Satchelliella trivialis (Eaton 1893).
Is that correct?
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Same fly: revised generic placement.
 
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Is Satchelliella synonymized or has the genus (sensu Vaillant) been split into Satchelliella and Pneumia?
 
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I think this is likewise Clogmia albipunctata which has lost much of its hairs. In the picture the antennal segments appear barrel-shaped, esp the right antenna, but I wonder if this is not an artefact of the picture. Perhaps a close-up of the clearest antennal segments can help.
 
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They are too hard for my little camera, nice to see one photographed successfully.
 
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Louis,

Louis Boumans wrote:
Pehaps a close-up of the clearest antennal segments can help.


This is the single picture I can show you.

Gordon:
Thanks for the compliments. This is the first time I get something I dare to show.
Pierre Duhem
 
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Googling for a picture of Pneumia trivialis, I come across this picture again. By now I've seen so many Clogmia albipuctata that I am convinced this picture shows one too. A very common moth fly.
 
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Louis,

I'm answering very late, sorry.
Thanks, Louis.
I think you're nailing the coffin.
Pierre Duhem
 
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