Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mycetophilidae, Epicypta ? => Epicypta aterrima

Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2019 11:19
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Yes, it is a female. One of the couplets in the key allows for ID-ing both males and females. The character that determines whether this species falls in this couplet or the opther (where genitalia are required for species ID) is the number of small setae present on one of the wing veins. If I have the specimen, I can either ID the species or at least narrow it down to a few.