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| evdb |
Posted on 19-01-2014 15:01
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 Member Location: France (Loiret) Posts: 1350 Joined: 05.12.11 |
Hi ! France (Loiret) january 19, 2014, into an empty green house Is that smal midge a possible Psychoda albipennis ? Thanks for help evdb attached the following image:  [16.85Kb] Eugene |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 21-01-2014 03:55
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Psychoda albipennis is indeed the best possible identification. An accurate ID is unfortunately impossible for this species group. Based on morphology, cytogenetics and DNA barcoding, there seems to be at least three species in the albipennis complex in Northern Europe alone. Regrettably we still do not understand the variation of the morphological or DNA characters sufficiently to make a robust species-level classification for these very common midges. |
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| evdb |
Posted on 21-01-2014 09:26
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Member Location: France (Loiret) Posts: 1350 Joined: 05.12.11 |
Thanks a lot Gunnar, first one for me.
Eugene |
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