Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small fly from Brazil

Posted by alepercol on 26-04-2021 21:57
#1

Dear all
This small onde ia from ParaĆ­ba, Brazil.
One of the smallest flies I have seen (about 0.7mm).
Sorry for the photo quality.

Posted by alepercol on 26-04-2021 22:01
#2

With humeral and subcostal break.
No M vein (just a faint trace). No cup cell.

Posted by John Carr on 27-04-2021 00:43
#3

The spur under the fore femur suggests Anthomyzidae. Check that family first.

According to Manual of Central American Diptera similar Drosophilidae and Stenomicra can be distinguished by head structure (hairs on arista and face).