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Mario Renden
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 On 6th April 2024 I took pictures of this sphaeroceridae in Den Helder, Netherlands in a open space in a forest. Can someone please identify it? Thanks a lot. Greetings, Mario Renden
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 Should be female Lotophila atra but can't really see the scutellar bristles clearly nor the frons - do you have more images?
 
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 Dear Dave and others,

I have added two more pictures of its frons and two scutellar bristles? Is it now sure that this is lotophila atra?

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Mario Renden
 
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 Hi Mario,
Yes that's fine, there will be some other short setae around the edge of the scutellum, I can see one on the left but they do sometimes break off
 
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 Thanks Dave.Smile
 
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