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Larvae found in UK chalk river in May (pt 2 of 3) Limoniidae?
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Hi all,

As part of my PhD research I am conducting macroinvertebrate surveys in chalk rivers in the UK. While I'm pretty good with most families of invertebrates, diptera are a weak spot for me. It doesn't help that I only have a very basic guide where the major diptera families are described with images rather than proper keys.

Basically, I only really need to know the family, but I'd be interested to learn the species too. From my basic guide, it looks like this might be Limoniidae, but I could be completely wrong!

Any help gladly received!

All the best
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Empididae. ID to genus level is very difficult but it belongs to a Clinocerinae for mainly it has 8 ventral pseudopods.
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Thanks again, Atylous!

I can see those psuedopods!

Your contribution to my research is very much appreciated
 
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