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Therevidae - Pandivirilia ?
sd
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Posted on 07-08-2008 20:38
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 Location - Dordogne, France
Habitat - open oak / chesnut woodland on limestone
Date- 19th June 2008

This female therevid was found at a house window.

Any comments welcome,

Steve
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 Looks like it.

Can we get a lateral (head) shot ?


Theo
 
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 lateral views...
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 head view
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 Thanks

Looks OK to me.
I'm not an expert, it resembles eximia but I'm not sure if that species can occur in the Dordogne.

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 I'm not sure if I'm correctly interpreting M van Veen's online key, but suggests melaleuca? Fauna Europea lists melaleuca, eximia and nigroanalis for France.

Steve
 
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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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