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Small Nematocera with peculiar antennae (06.12.18) --> Bolitophila cf. saundersii
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

this 6 mm Nematocera visited the light in our garden last night (northwest Germany). At first look I thought it was a Boletophila - until I saw the antennae...
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Possibly Bolitophila saundersii, but voucher specimens or good photos of male genitalia are necessary for the identification.
 
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Jan wrote:
Possibly Bolitophila saundersii, but voucher specimens or good photos of male genitalia are necessary for the identification.


Thanks, Jan! I will leave it with a 'cf.'.
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