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very small black fly
Ira Orlicek
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Hallo!

Grein/Upper Austria, Daucus carota, 4.7.2025, ca. 3mm

Thanks Ira
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Something like genus Phasia??? I have no knowledge about that family at all.
'fieldguide' Psychodidae: https://www.at-a-lanta.nl/weia/Motmuggen.html
 
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I think the thoracic bristles are too strong for Phasia and the abdomen the wrong shape.
 
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what else, you think?
 
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I thought of Catharosia (same subfamily) but the wings are unmarked.
 
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If Phasiinae: maybe Phania or Phasia?
 
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