Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciaria Help ID, please --> Sciara analis

Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-09-2018 20:29
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It appears that it may be possible to separate Sciara analis and S. hemerobioides as females. (Usually it's a case of examining the male genitalia.) Apparently the sixth antennal segment is shorter in analis (length= 2x width; in hemerobioides length= 3x width). So I would say that your specimen is analis. Someone more familiar with the Eastern European fauna may correct me! ;)