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Ormyrus sp ♀ id help
Elena Regina
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Posted on 19-07-2021 14:20
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Lazio, 2021-VII, TBL 2.5 mm

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Edited by Elena Regina on 07-08-2021 00:55
Scias characterem non constituere genus, sed genus characterem.
 
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It looks like a female Ormyrus species.
Edited by empeejay on 31-08-2021 18:27
 
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This key might enable you to get the species::

http://www.v-zool...Zerova.pdf
 
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Elena Regina
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Thank you, tristram.

Educated guess: O. orientalis, according to Zerova & Seryogina 2006 keys still not 100% sure... 8 spp in Italy: https://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/invertebrates/families/Ormyridae.html

i.ibb.co/s3Mx9R6/P713000600.jpg i.ibb.co/BPNL77v/Ormyrus-orientalis.png
Edited by Elena Regina on 27-08-2021 13:11
Scias characterem non constituere genus, sed genus characterem.
 
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