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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 23-08-2007 19:33
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Hello, I took this picture today in western germany. The body of the midge was about 1cm long, perhaps a bit longer. The most similar thing I found in the gallery was Molophilus. What is it? Michael Becker attached the following image:  [73.03Kb] |
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| Chen Young |
Posted on 26-08-2007 14:54
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 Member Location: Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA USA Posts: 169 Joined: 25.08.05 |
This female crane fly superfacially looks like one of the North America species in the genus Gnophomyia . There are nine species in the genus Gnophomyia currently recorded in Europe. |
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 27-08-2007 06:24
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Hello, thank you for the answer. According to the Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World, there are only two species in germany: G. lugubris and G. viridipennis. G. viridipennis looks very simily to this specimen. But I wasn't able to find pictures of G. lugubris. So I think I will sort the picture as "Gnophomyia cf. viridipennis". Michael |
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