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Hi everybody, I found several specimens of this Chironomid near the sea in Marina di Ravenna (RA), Italy, (44.486425, 12.2860333333). It is possible identify from this picture?
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Telmatogeton – marine habitat and trilobed tarsomere 5.

Some of these shoreline species come out only at spring tide, so the full moon is a good time to look for them.
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John Carr wrote:
Telmatogeton – marine habitat and trilobed tarsomere 5.

Some of these shoreline species come out only at spring tide, so the full moon is a good time to look for them.


Thank you John! Could be an interesting species?
 
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Telmatogeton is known from the Mediterranean only from recently discovered larvae along the coast of Egypt. They were not assigned to a species. My suspicion is T. japonicus has expanded its range. A native species would have been discovered earlier.

The related species Thalassomyia frauenfeldi is widespread in the region. The fifth tarsomere of Thalassomyia is simpler.
 
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