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olaffio
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Posted on 10-09-2012 18:07
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 Hi!

I found this Diptera during a walk on the hills near Bologna (northern Italy) in June.
Is it possible to identify it?

Thanx!

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 Rhagionidae. Perhaps Chrysopilus?
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 Looking at the photos of the Chrysopilus genus, they seem really similar Wink
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 But it is a Chrysopilus, maybe female C. asiliformis.
Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek
 
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