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 I'm stuck with this specimen. The key leads me to a dead end between families Sepsidae, Lauxaniidae and Clusiidae...
but I am convinced it does not belong to any of them.
Any idea? Frown
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 Family Scathophagidae Wink. Andrzej
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 Thanks Andrzej!
It confused me the fact that the specimen had not a visible greater ampulla.
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 Cordilura albipes or close relative
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