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Unidentified green Diptera ->Chironominae
Fernando Pires
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Good afternoon,

I'm posting 5 pictures of what I believe it's the same species of small fly.
Can anyone please help identifying it?
All the pictures were taken near Santarém, in the center of Portugal, during the night (around 22h30), on June 29, 2009.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Fernando
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Chironomidae subfamily Chironominae.
 
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Thanks again John. A pity that this microflies families are so difficult to identify at the species level.
 
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