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Small metallic fly, Italy => Lamprolonchaea smaragdi
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Posted on 12-12-2012 09:56
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found in October on a sandy bank in the Pineata at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy .
Regards, Ingo

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Lamprolonchaea smaragdi, Lonchaeidae
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Thank you Paul! Regards, Ingo
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Yes I agree with Paul - this is the only Lamprolonchaea species known from the Mediterranean area. the specimen in the video is a female. ...... Iain
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