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Limnophora? -> yes
Michael Becker
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Posted on 22-11-2010 08:52
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 Hello,

this ~6mm fly is from april from western Portugal. Is this a Limnophora species? Can a guess about the species be made?

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Michael
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Nikita Vikhrev
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 Portugal is not Germany.
Limnophora, yes. In April, in Portugal it may be:
tigrina, obsignata and even quaterna...
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
Michael Becker
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 Hello Nikita,

thank you for the answer and the confirmation of the genus.

Michael
 
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