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Ormosia ?
Guenael
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 Hello,
Limoniidae found on the edge of a meadow and a forest in northern France yesterday.
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos151/temp/limoniidae_1c_le.jpg
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos151/temp/limoniidae_1d_le.jpg
A female Ormosia? possible to identify the species?
Thank you,
Guénael.
 
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 A2 seems to be curved towards the posterior margin of the wing rather than straight. In that part of the key it would lead you to Rhypholophus rather than Ormosia...
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 Thank you Paul.
From the drawing of the thorax, it would be Rhypholophus bifurcatus ?
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos151/big/limoniidae_1e_le.jpg
ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Rhypholophus_bifurcatus_-B-thor3.png
(ccw.naturalis.nl)

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 Quite well possible. Smile
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 Thank you Paul Smile
 
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