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A very beautiful tiny Chironomid fly on my balcony. May 2, Minas de Riotinto.

I hope something can be said about this beauty.


¡Saludos!
André

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2nd photo:

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Compare Tanytarsus signatus.

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Okidoki, John! |t

Thanks again!

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John, it doesn't look exactly like the discription of Goetghebuer (Chironomides de Belgique et spécialmente de la zone de Flandres. Bruselas 1921). Maybe "green" is relative. :D
But with a bit of flexibility... :) And the photos in https://www.gbif.org/ don¡'t fit either with this description. Their colour fit my specimen and are very similar, even taking into account that mine is a female and all the specimens on gbif.org males.


Thanks for your extensive knowledge!!! |t

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I don't know how many species of the Tanytarsus signatus species group are in Europe or how variable the individual species are.

Here is a similar American fly: https://bugguide....ew/1974944.

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I edited while you were posting your message.

Yes, the female of Bugguide is 'mine', or a sisterspecies. |t