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| Carnifex |
Posted on 15-02-2026 17:32
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 Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2025 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Lower Austria mid Feb 2026, house wall, about 3.5 mm Genus or species ID appreciated  
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Walther Gritsch |
Posted on 15-02-2026 23:22
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 Member Location: Copenhagen Posts: 295 Joined: 31.01.09 |
With the enlarged palpal segment, actually 2nd segment, it is a Cordyla sp. , male. I've never seen a species as dark as this one. All the same, a difficult genus. Walther |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 16-02-2026 00:08
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2025 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Thanks Walther, as it is a male, it should be identifiable by dissection, I suppose Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Walther Gritsch |
Posted on 16-02-2026 12:51
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Member Location: Copenhagen Posts: 295 Joined: 31.01.09 |
Yes, eventually. It often ends with that, but you might count the number of flagellomeres. That number gives a pretty good hint at where to look.
Walther |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 17-02-2026 16:57
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2025 Joined: 23.06.15 |
There should be 11 segments, if I counted correctly: That would leave us with four species (excluding fasciata due to the color of the palps): parvipalpis fissa crassicornis insons Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 17-02-2026 17:37
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2025 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Unfortunately, I dropped the slide after dissection, so I only can provide this level of magnification by my compound microscope
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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