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Rui Andrade
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 I found these flies in Barcelos on the 30th and 31st of March. What can they be?

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 Piophilidae
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 How sure are you Paul? I see little setae over the frons...
PS: it's a fly bubble-blowing, by the way Wink
 
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Andre wrote:
How sure are you Paul?

Pretty sure. Pfft
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 Please Paul, we learn nothing if nobody explains WHY...
 
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 Jizz. The wing venation is off for Chloropidae, for example. Further the shape of the head and antennae, and the prominent vibrissae.
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 It is male of Prochiliza nigrimana 1, 2, 4. And Stearibia nigriceps 3.
 
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 So not Chloropidae but Piophilidae. But Andrey, shouldn't it be Prochyliza?
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 You are right, Prochyliza.
 
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 I thought 3 and 4 were the same individual Shock
 
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 Thank you very much, I didn't think it was possible to reach the speciesWink.
 
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