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Dolichopodidae - what genus
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 I am unable to key this to genus. Can anyone suggest what genus this might be?
3mm length
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 Looks like Sybistroma
 
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 thanks Stefan, I've taken it through the key again and Sybistroma (Hypopphylus in my key) is correct. Cheers!
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 Hypophyllus, Ludovicius, Nodicornis, are all synonyms of Sybistroma.
 
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 Yes, I need to update my key (Fonseca)
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 Sybistroma obscurella (Fallen,1823), apparently.
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