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 Dimension 1 mm, on sap run of Populus, Northern Italy. Ceratopogonidae or Chironomidae?

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 Given the habitat I suspect Sciaroidea. Sap flows breed fungus.
 
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 I think it looks closer to Ceratopogonidae, possibly Dasyhelea. I'm pretty sure that it is not Chironomidae
 
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