Last weekend at Vallibierna Valley, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, at about 1700 meters high. Habitat: alpine prairies with florwers and some zones of pine forest (Pinus uncinata). Size: maybe 1 cm (much lesser than the enormous Anthidium that feed in my garden in Zaragoza, at 200 meters...)
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Only some males are identifiable by the abdominal spines. Normally, other characters are needed. In the present specimen, I cannot say what species it is. Number of Anthidium species in the mediterranean area is very high.
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys...
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Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"?
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Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?
