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Hippoboscid, Kazakhstan
Nikita Vikhrev
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Posted on 28-05-2016 19:05
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Forest along stream in steppe, about 60 km S of Almaty. Small, about 4 mm
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Hey my friend, it seems to be a Lipoptena cervi!
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Hi, my friend!
Are you sure?
I have two reasons to doubt:
1. too small
2. too early (spring instead of autumn)
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Excellent observation, Nikita !

It is definitely NOT cervi, and very likely fortisetosa, which agrees on all point you have mentioned.
[I cannot exclude pauciseta which is unlikely in Kazakhstan but maybe just possible.]

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Thank you Theo!!!
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