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 Small Brachycera from mediterranean dunes, France
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 03-03-2026 11:31
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 211 Joined: 24.05.07 |
Hi all, this fly was caught in marine dunes near Perpignan in mediterranean France. The fly looks very peculiar with a typical head profile with short antennae and enlarged and flattened hind tibia but somehow i get lost in the Oosterbroek family key. I can only take some phone pics through the bino so try to describe some features. It has 4 frontals of which the lower 2 larger and pointing inwards, it has 3 rows of interfrontals of which the lower row (above the antennae) consists of 4 bristles, the 2 upper ones of 2 bristles. It has clear Oc's and inwards pointing P-bristles. It has clear inner and outer vertical bristles. It has a clear vibrisse and a row of small bristles along the lower edge of the genae. The antennae are very short, the arista seems bare. Could it be Leptometopa, Milichiidae?  
Edited by caliprobola on 03-03-2026 11:40 |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 03-03-2026 16:10
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Your suggestion of Leptometopa seems me correct. |
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 03-03-2026 20:35
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 211 Joined: 24.05.07 |
Thanks for the confirmation, dear Jan  . Do you (or anyone) know if there are keys available for France? I only find Seguy, 1928 (faune de france, 28) for the region but I don't know how up to date that one is (part of the genus is in the genus Hypaspistomya in that work). |
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