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 What Family is this tiny fly
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| conopid |
Posted on 25-08-2008 23:30
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Tiny fly with quite unusual antenna & arista shape. Can anyone say what family this is likely to be. 2.5mm length (tip of antenna to tip of abdomen). Also the fly has a dark semi circular mark on each eye (it's been dead one day). conopid attached the following image:  [52.53Kb] Edited by conopid on 25-08-2008 23:31 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| conopid |
Posted on 25-08-2008 23:32
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dorsal view
conopid attached the following image:  [56.5Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| conopid |
Posted on 25-08-2008 23:33
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close up of head - note peculiar dark marks at front of eye - this mark occurs on both eyes.
conopid attached the following image:  [21.89Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 26-08-2008 06:43
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Some kind of Chloropidae.
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| Kahis |
Posted on 26-08-2008 09:11
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Elachiptera, near E. cornuta.
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| conopid |
Posted on 26-08-2008 22:12
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Thanks Paul and Kahis. I should have noticed the typical big ocellar plate of Chloropidae, which would have at least told me it was Chloropidae. 
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