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Heleomyzidae > Orbellia (myiopiformis?)
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Thanks John. We seems to have only two species in Sweden: myiopiformis and nivicola.
 
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The key in Die Fliegen (1949) says

1. Taster schwarz ... hiemalis Loew.
— Taster rotgelb ... 2
2. Abdomen und p rotgelb, 6 Schildchenborsten ... myiopiformis Rob.-Desv.
— Abdomen und p schwarzgrau, 4 Schildchenborsten ... cuniculorum Rob.-Desv.

So it keys to Orbellia myiopiformis. The description says "Schulterbeulen rotgelb", "humeri reddish yellow", which I don't see. I have observed in Dolichopus that humeri can appear yellowish under a microscope but black to a camera.

Edit: But nivicola is not in that key, so you need better literature. It was considered a synonym of O. myiopiformis.
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Thankyou John. I better keep it safe and call it a possible Orbellia myiopiformis then.
 
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... and in Gorodkov (1989) we have a key to both mentioned species...
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Ok Andrzej, then it points to nivicola. It was not a small fly.
 
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