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Gnat with dark patches (=Psectrotanypus varius)
ebbek
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A small gnat with dark patches on wing - which group/genus is it? From our garden in SW Sweden tonight, at a light trap.

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Jan Maca
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Should be Psectrotanypus varius.
 
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Many thanks!

Krister
 
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