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Relatively large Sphaerocerid --> cf. Lotophila atra
Juergen Peters
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Hello!

I'm not sure to which genus this 5 mm Sphaeroceridae from our house yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany) belongs. Any idea? Thanks!


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Probably Lotophila atra.
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Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Probably Lotophila atra.


Thanks! I had compared it to the Sphaerocerids in the gallery and some recent posts in the forum, but these flies resemble each other very much for me... Frown
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