Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Diptera. Tephritoidea?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-10-2023 08:59
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Hi John.
1. Australian Piophilosoma (=Thyreophora) antipodum Osten Sacken, 1881 looks quite different: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4130228505
2. For me this fly has some Calyptrate jizz, because of t2 with 2 pd and 1ad setae. And frons looks like that of Fanniidae. One more unusual character is closely approximated crossveins r-m and m-cu, like in Carnidae.
3. I changed title to attract Tephritoidea expert. Let's wait for their opinion(s).