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Zodion?
clovis
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Posted on 03-12-2012 20:30
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Hi,

Here is a fly i met this summer (25/06) in north italy.
Could it be a Zodion?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos95/big/pettinengo2_juinl.jpg
clovis : Italie : Pettinengo : 13050 : 25/06/2012
Altitude : NR - Taille : 8 mm
Réf. : 95199
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos95/big/pettinengo2_juin.jpg
clovis : Italie : Pettinengo : 000000 : 25/6/2012
Altitude : NR - Taille : 8 mm
Réf. : 95197
Edited by clovis on 06-04-2013 20:20
 
magnusp
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Posted on 04-12-2012 15:39
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Thecophora sp. Zodion has an unbent proboscis.

Magnus
 
clovis
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Posted on 22-02-2013 18:57
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I forgot to thank you. So thanks Magnus Smile
Witch are the possibilities on your opinion? could it be Thecophora longirostris?
 
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