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 This seems to be a Coenosia sp. Can the species be identified?
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 Not Coenosia, which has 1+3 dorsocentrals, broad frons, and katepisternal bristles in an equilateral triangle.
 
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 Thanks Nikita. Indeed it is a common species in Hong Kong. My colleagues caught it 3 times at home around sunset period.
 
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