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An African fly ID!
olavi
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 Can you help with ID please. The fly was light trapped in Queen Elizabeth NP (Uganda), beginning of March 2010. Photo is taken in alcohol medium.
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 It is Sepedon, Sciomyzidae.
Very probably Sepedon ruficeps Becker
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Thanks a lot!
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