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Which little gnat, 5 mm, in December?
Markus Koschinsky
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Location: Germany, Lower Saxony, Herzberg-Scharzfeld, 240 m above sea level, garden
Time: 26th December, 2022
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Body size: approx. 5 mm

Dear Forum,

any thought how to name this insect?

Thanks,


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Sciaridae.
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Thanks a lot, Jürgen!

The Sciaridae I used to know before were significantly smaller and had a more bell-shaped m-vein, and wings uniformly black...

But fine... every day some new learning... :-)

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I am not certain, but this venation looks more like Keroplatidae to me.
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Greenomyia (mongolica?)
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Thanks all!

At least from pictures I found on the Web, Greenomyia mongolica fits perfectly well, including wing vein pattern, color of legs, tibial spurs...

Stating Greenomyia cf. mongolica should then be ok, right?

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Yup. A publication with a key should be available online...
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Sorry for the misleading...
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