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Muscoidea? or Sciomyzidae?-->Neither
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 Picture taken in September near the river in my neighborhood (East China: Zhejiang province). Body length approx. 4mm. Could it belong to the Muscoidea Superfamily? Many thanks in advance!
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 Kind of similar to Pteromicra. Perhaps Sciomyzidae? Smile
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 That was my though as well, at first. However, there seems to be a strong transverse suture on thorax ...


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 Yes, the thorax seems to have a transverse suture. Thank you for pointing it out! TumbsUp
 
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 Not Muscoidea, not Sciomyzid
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 Thank you Nikita for ruling out both of them! TumbsUp
 
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 I do not see vibrissae, and the mesonotal suture is indeed puzzling, but still - how about Piophilidae?
 
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 It reminds me of Chyliza (Psilidae)
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 Thank you Jan and Tony for pointing me to Piophilidae and Psilidae (Chyliza). I'll explore them.TumbsUp
 
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 Or perhaps Strongylophthalmyiidae?
 
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 Kind of similar to the iNat picture identifed as Strongylophthalmyia sp.at this link(https://www.inatu...s/89471944).
 
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