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Roger Thomason
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 Brought to Scatsta Airport by an ATCO following a holiday in Egypt [Sinai Desert (somewhere) ]. Any hope of an ID on here.

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 Start with family Smile
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 I'll vote for Pentatomidae, probably Ventocoris sp. but getting
a species name is hard from a photo.
 
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smol
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

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

smol
02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
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Nikita Vikhrev
28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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

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I have

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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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