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Tephritidae?
ArnovanStipdonk
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Hello,

This little fly flew on my hand last week. It happened in the south of the Netherlands.
The fly was very small, I guess about 5 mm long. I suppose it's a Tephritidae, maybe Trypeta zoe?

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Opomyzidae: Geomyza sp.
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It is certainly NOT a tephritid.

My first impression was perhaps an Opomyza, but something tells me it is not. Judging from its telescopic ovipositor (if it is not a hindleg), it could be a tephritoid.

Its wing pattern resemles that in some Oriental Herina (Ulidiidae Otitinae), but I do not know such a rufous Herina in Europe.

The next guess it is a pallopterid... but I do not know such a pallopterid in Europe either.

The last: Piophilidae Neottiophilinae - but also no such a pattern...

Perhaps an opomyzid, indeed? A Geomyza?
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Thank you Paul. My experiece with Geomyza is too small...
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Indeed a female of Geomyza sp. All seems to point to G. balachowskyi although I can't completely rule out G. hackmani.
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Thank you Paul, Valery and Jan Willem.
 
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