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Dicranomyia melleicauda ?
John Bratton
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Posted on 04-09-2012 16:55
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Can anyone confirm this one, please? Collected from saltmarsh south of Caernarfon, North Wales, 13 October 2007. This is the dorsal view of the end of the abdomen.

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Ventral.
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Wing tips.
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The specimen has now been examined and confirmed by Alan Stubbs as D. melleicauda.
 
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