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Melanostoma mellinum? (Melanostoma mellinum(female)
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Melanostoma mellinum(female) is the correct name? Thank you very much. Slovak Republik, Terchová region on the Malá Fatra, approximately 700 m above sea level 26.09.2011.
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[quote]Mucha Fero wrote:
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Hi Mucha Fero

Melanostoma is always hard to identify. This time I would have said M. scalare, but I'm not sure.

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Pierre-Yves wrote:
Hi Mucha Fero

Melanostoma is always hard to identify. This time I would have said M. scalare, but I'm not sure.

P-Y


P-Y thank you very much.
 
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I think it is M. mellinum - female because of the shape of spots and the shape of abnomen. Dusting area on frons looks like a flash reflex for me...
 
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Robert Zoralski wrote:
I think it is M. mellinum - female because of the shape of spots and the shape of abnomen. Dusting area on frons looks like a flash reflex for me...


Robert thank you very much.
 
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