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| fleabag |
Posted on 01-06-2007 16:16
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 Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
Hi, Please could anyone help to id this?found yesterday in rural sussex uk..from memory 3-4mm. I thought it looked like what i usually call grass stem flies,but im still not sure what family 'grass stem flies' really are,if any? or maybe its a very loose term for a few families? thanks, Noel fleabag attached the following image:  [71.46Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 01-06-2007 16:47
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9349 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Noel. It is Lonchoptera, probably, Lonchoptera tristis. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-06-2007 20:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19375 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Mid tibia appears to have some curvature: L. tristis.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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