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[Ephydridae - Psilopa probably] - Sphaeroceridae ?
Christine Devillers
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Do you have an idea for this one ?
(2mm, on a stone, Belgium, 8-2-2009)
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Ephydridae
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Psilopa, I think.
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Thanks Paul, could you tell me what you've seen on my pictures to go to Ephydridae ?
 
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Absence of swollen first tarsal segment of hind leg; dorsal rays on arista; distinct greenish metallic sheen on body (not in Western European Sphaeroceridae).
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Thanks Smile
And Psilopa because R2+3 is curved like this ?
 
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No, because it resembles similar flies identified in the forum as Psilopa and Psilopa has very small species.
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