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Posted on 25-05-2024 14:07
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Can this Psychoda be identified ?

Could it be P. sigma ?

Unfortunately it's a female. The speciment is between 1,5 and 2 mm and found in a small forest area near a lake, North Jutland Denmark 20/05-24

And since my pictures for some reason doesn't show, here's a link to the observation on Inaturalist

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217981387








Edited by Svavar on 25-05-2024 14:26
 
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When you can't add a picture the file will be too big. Unfortunately there is no warning at all.
It is not Psychoda sigma and it do not seem to be a Psychoda although the venation looks like Psychoda. Genus Mormia (and hence tribus Mormiini) maybe is a candidate, but in fact I don't know.
 
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Indeed the original is too big.
Jan Willem attached the following image:


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here are some of the antennal segments


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Unfortunately the top of the antenna is missing...
 
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The antenna once was there, but maybe this pic is not close enough

Also if Mormia, it must be eatoni due to the separated eye bridge




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I have some not yet carefully studied pictures of Mormia eatoni from the London museum, but that wing is different from yours. So I still don't know.
 
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What makes it not Psychoda ? Wink
 
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Psychoda has the wings folded.
 
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ahh okay.

i cant find any key to genus for females, so i guess this one stays Psychodidae sp Wink

thanks for trying
 
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