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Small and greyish Muscidae > Schoenomyza?
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Posted on 18-08-2009 22:22
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 I must confess I have no clue to which family this is. Could be anything for all I know Smile Can it be ID'd?

Size: ~3mm
Date: 26 July 2009
Location: On wooden railing around a pond (Helsingborg, Sweden)

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 Another. Sorry for the poor image quality.
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 an unusual Muscidae..
 
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 Thanks Jorge. I'll add that to the title.
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 Maybe Schoenomyza...?


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 Thanks Joke. After Jorge's reply I looked through the Muscidae gallery and found that this fly bares a close resemblance to Schoenomyza litorella. Could be that one or a relative Smile

Time to edit the title again Grin
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 it is a male.
 
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 Schoenomyza litorella (Joke) and male (Jorge) Angry
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Thank you all very much! Smile
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