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Muscidae 2008 from Monegros desert - Lispe candicans
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 Hi

This fly was spotted in Saladas de Monegros - SPAIN - in final August 2008. This is one of the most spectacular muscids I've seen. ANy hints of what this could be?
Size about 7 mm - 8 mm.

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 Looks Lispe to me..

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 it was my first thought as well. If Lispe this must be a new one...

there are two Lispes in Monegros:

Lispe leucospila (Wiedemann, 1830) - maybe this one??

Lispe tentaculata (De Geer, 1776)
 
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 I'd say Lispe caesia.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 thanks,. and one specimen will go for you. Smile Stéphane, in next time I will send you another specimen. you must wait just a little more as Nikita answered first. Pfft
 
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 I must add a very conspicuous feature that is not visible in tehse photos. There are subtriangular spots in tergites 3 and 4. Smile
 
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 Nice find. Wink
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 it is very common in saladas in final summer... Wink But it is not easy to catch them. Extremely quick and nervous!
 
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 a bonus... Wink
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I'd say Lispe caesia.

And I was wrong... This ID bothered me during long time.
It is female of Lispe candicans Kowarz
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 Great, Nikita. Thank you a lot. I will try to collect these flies this year.
 
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