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 Small and funny fly seeming to be to tired to stand... When alarmed walks sideways.

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 Flies that do that are usually dolichopodids - they have a very characteristic stance Smile
 
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 Doh!! Grin
 
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Tony Irwin
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If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

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23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

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I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
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I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

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Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

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