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Sunday
Dec202009

Scuttle Fly

From the beginning of September: small black fly with a distinctly humped back.  The wing venation, as far as I can make it out, is consistent with that for scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae).  Indeed, there seems to be a fairly good match with the species Diplonevra nitidula (also see here).  However, only a tentative identification, I think.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-09-05.

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