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Tephritidae? Sciomycidae?
Renate
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Posted on 27-05-2010 19:13
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Hi,

I would have thought that even someone like me could identify this pretty little fly.
But it looks like I need your help yet again.

Hamburg, Germany, mainly in reeds, 27-May 2010

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lateral view
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Posted on 27-05-2010 19:29
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Ulidiidae; Melieria sp. similar to picta in the Gallery
http://www.dipter...to_id=4669
don't know if it is the same though.
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I'd say Melieria cf. omissa (Ulidiidae)
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Thanks to both of you.
No wonder I couldn't find it if I'm too daft even to find the correcty family Wink
 
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No, you ain't. I know at least two very best experts in the Tephritoidea who confessed they started their scientific career from attempts to ID sciomyzids or ulidiids with the key to Tephritidae species. The third was I myself. Cool
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Very nice pics - wished I'd find it here, too!
 
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