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Hello friends,
I had accepted with some relief that the fly should be Tabanidae, but it occurred to me that maybe, the fly having emerged near Rhodes university, their zoologists might know it more specifically. So I forwarded it to Professor Martin Villet. Generously as usual, he forwarded it to friends and colleagues, including in the UK, and to my dismay all agreed that it was Bombyliidae. Then Neal Evenhuis from Hawaii came back with: "a species of the genus Corsomyza. Which species I do not know -- there are about 20 in So Afr". Possibly brevirostris he added, which was good enough for me; I had been a bit gobsmacked even to get a genus.
Meanwhile my photographical friend had been stalking the little lady and had got some shots that showed the venation better, so I am showing one here in case anyone is interested.
Thanks a lot and hope you like it. Personally I love her work!