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This is a new family for diptera.info.
In Europe there is just one genus (Cryptochetum) with 3 species (buccatum, grandicorne and jorgepastori).
These intersting little flies are endoparasites of Homoptera, Coccoidea.
The interesting part is that they look just like a genus in the Chalcidoid wasp family Pteromalidae (Scutellista), which exhibit the same biology!
Cryptochetidae have a large third antennal segment but no arista!
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