Thread subject: Diptera.info :: kleptoparasitic Milichiidae on pentatomid prey

Posted by Carnifex on 17-03-2026 12:18
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Spotted several kleptoparasitic flies on Rhaphigaster in a spider web.

Struggling to narrow it down to genus, could it be Phyllomyza or Neophyllomyza?
The palps are not exceptionally enlarged.

Lower Austria, early March

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