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Fly looking for its family - Cloropidae?
Louis Boumans
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 This little fly has the habitus of Chloropidae, but not the family's characteristics: large ocellar triangle, and nick in the cubital vein. I can't key it out satisfactorily. Is it Chloropidae after all?
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 I think this is a male Acletoxenus formosus (Drosophilidae)
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 Acletoxenus formosus is correct. Any more details on the locality?
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 In my kitchen - Soest (NL).

For some reason i had the idea that Drosophilidae always have feathered antennal bristles.. I'll need to go through the key again to see where I went wrong.

Thanks a lot for the identification!
 
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 You may have gone wrong because of broken fronto-orbital setae. It looks as if there are only two pairs on your first picture.
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 Another sighting (and better picture) here:
http://forum.waar...ic=93938.0
 
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