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Small spotted Chironomidae (13.07.11) --> Ablabesmyia sp. (f)
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 Hello!

This one measured less than 2 mm. Tanypodinae? At lamp in my bedroom (northwest Germany).
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 Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) female. Spotted wings and three bands on the tbiae are distinctive features of the genus. Bands on fore tibiae of females can be faint.
 
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John Carr wrote:
Ablabesmyia (Ablabesmyia) female. Spotted wings and three bands on the tbiae are distinctive features of the genus. Bands on fore tibiae of females can be faint.


Many thanks, John!
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