Rhaphium micans (Meigen, 1824), (a long-legged fly)

18 Sep 2014 at OSGR: SY68 in Dorset, England

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Record Summary	Female, swept off tidal mud
Found as	Female imago
Date	18 September 2014
Capture method	swept
OS grid ref	OSGR: SY68
Lat/Lon	50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England
Voucher	18 Sep 2014[L] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1978. Diptera Orthorrhapha Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol IX. Part 5, 90pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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Rhaphium micans (Meigen, 1824), (a long-legged fly)

18 Sep 2014 at OSGR: SY68 in Dorset, England

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