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Stephane Lebrun
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Posted on 10-06-2007 10:35
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Hello,
I need some help to ID this little fly. I can't even grasp the family.Sad
The fly was not found by me, I have got only this picture.
Any Idea ?

Locality : Pyr?n?es orientales (66) - FRANCE.
Date : May 31 2007
Habitat : dry scrubby environnement, more or less garrigue-like.
Size : approx. 5 mm.

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Tony Irwin
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Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae, somewhere near Sphenometopia
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Stephane Lebrun
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I would never have bet on Sarcophagidae, not even in calyptrate fly.
Thank you for your help Tony.


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Liekele Sijstermans
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I would never have bet on Sarcophagidae either.
Just because it is not Sarcophagidae. Indeed not even a calyptrate.

I am convinced it is acalyptrate: Milichia speciosa. We have seen a nice picture before, but this time it is a male.
(reference: Meigen, Abbildungen der europaeischen zweifl?gligen Insecten nach der Natur: CCX 1e).

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Oops! Shock
Wrong again! Sad
Liekele is quite right - This looks more like a female Milichia speciosa. There was a nice male at
http://www.dipter...#post_7883
More pictures at
http://www.nhm.ac...-s-mo.html
Edited by Tony Irwin on 12-06-2007 00:00
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Paul Beuk
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Argh, I though about female Milichia but could not find any image to match my suspicion, not even a description (did not find/take time to search hard enough for that, I admit).
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Thank you all very much.Wink

Greetings.
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