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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?

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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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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