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Psychodidae: Philosepedon sp.
Carlo Monari
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Posted on 01-02-2025 15:48
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Nowadays I have a few of theese little guys around in my house in Tuscany, Italy. Body lenght 2 mm. Any hope to go beyond subfamily Psychodinae?
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Best regards,
Carlo
 
weia
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Posted on 01-02-2025 18:08
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Philosepedon spec. In my country (Netherlands) it would be P. humeralis, but in Italia maybe there are more candidates. Furthermore: it is possible that humeralis in fact is a species complex, it maybe could be splitted in several species, much is unknown.
'fieldguide' Psychodidae: https://www.at-a-lanta.nl/weia/Motmuggen.html
 
Carlo Monari
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Posted on 02-02-2025 07:22
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Thanks! Then in the gallery this:
https://diptera.i...o_id=10855
should belong to the same species group
Best regards,
Carlo
 
weia
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Yes that is in the comments, it is even P. perdecorum.
'fieldguide' Psychodidae: https://www.at-a-lanta.nl/weia/Motmuggen.html
 
Carlo Monari
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Posted on 02-02-2025 11:14
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Thanks again
Best regards,
Carlo
 
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