Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 06-05-2010 18:11
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This is not a Sycoracine, as the wing has a 5-branched r rather than a 4-branched one (that is, two veins between the main forks). The mouthparts in the picture are palps, which are present in most (all?) genera of Psychodidae.
The Sycoracine genus
Sycorax is found in the UK, represented by two species (according to Withers (1989), please let me know if there has been more records since then). In Norway I have found the species
Sycorax silacea near shallow streams in early summer, in deciduous forests. It is never very common, though.
To me, your pictures look like
Clytocerus based on the dark spotted wings and the long scapus.
Withers, P. 1989. Moth flies - Diptera: Psychodidae.
Dipterists Digest 4: 1-83
Edited by Gunnar M Kvifte on 06-05-2010 18:26