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Sarcophagidae or Tachinidae? (24.07.25) --> Macronychia polyodon female (Sarcophagidae)
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Hello,

a ~7 mm fly on Heracleum sphondylium on a meadow near a small brook (northwest Germany).
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Sarcophagidae - I think female Macronychia polyodon (no marginals on T2, T3, ovipositor invisible) see https://diptera.i..._id=116094
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eklans wrote:
Sarcophagidae - I think female Macronychia polyodon (no marginals on T2, T3, ovipositor invisible) see https://diptera.i..._id=116094

That's nice Smile, a new genus for me. Thanks a lot!
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