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Small Australian fly - family?
Graeme Cocks
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 Can somebody suggest a family please?
Malaise trap, Townsville, Queensland.
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 Sphaeroceridae maybe?
 
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 That family is new to me. Thanks Roger.
 
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 Sphaeroceridae is correct. Subfamily Limiosininae.
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 Thanks Paul.
 
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