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Sphenometopa stenii?
Mihailo Vujic
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Posted on 26-06-2018 10:19
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 Hi,
I caught this fly in Petnica (near Valjevo), W Serbia. Date: 25.6.2018.
I think that's Sphenometopa steinii, but I'm not sure.
Which keys I can use to identify specimen?
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 cerci and surstyli
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 Yes, wing pattern (https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=4695) even morecharacteristic than genitalia.
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 Thank you so much Nikita!
 
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 Very nice find. The genus is badly in need of a revision...
 
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smol
23.06.25 11:18
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... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
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I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

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I have

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