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Mycetophilid from 08.04.25 --> Ditomyia fasciata (Ditomyiidae)
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 Hello,

a 5-6 mm Mycetophilidae in the afternoon in the shadow of a garden shed (northwest Germany). Could it bei a Leia.
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 I think Anisopodidae. I don't recognize the wing markings.
 
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John Carr wrote:
I think Anisopodidae. I don't recognize the wing markings.

Thanks, John, but I am not convinced. We don't have a Sylvicola (only Anisopodidae genus) with such long legs and wing markings here, but very similar Mycetophilids. The one below was determined als Leia sp.
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 This is Ditomyia fasciata if I'm not much mistaken. In the family Ditomyiidae.
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Walther Gritsch wrote:
This is Ditomyia fasciata if I'm not much mistaken. In the family Ditomyiidae.

Thanks a lot, Walther!
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