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Rui Andrade
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 Can anyone help me with this one?

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 Chlorichaeta species.
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 hmm... I think I have 2 specimens too. Smile I must check it out. But now only in next year...
 
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 Thank you TonyWink
 
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 Check the scutellum. If it is heavily sculptured, wth 3 to 5 bristles arising from tubercles on each side, it is Chlorichaeta albipennis. AFAIK it has not been recorded in Portugal before.
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Rui Andrade
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 Great!!! Thanks again TonyWink.
 
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