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Posted on 05-11-2013 19:48
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Hello!

I would like to ask your help to identify this (half) fly. I think it is belonging to the family Rhagionidae based on the wing, but I haven't got any idea about the genus. I can't see well (because of the shape of the amber) but i think the anal cell is opend.
Can you help me?

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Lateral view.
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The end of the abdomen.
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What I see is consistent with Rhagio. Is that a ventral shot of the end of the abdomen? The only illustration I have is dorsal.

Rhagionidae are common fossils, for whatever that is worth. The family has traditionally been a dumping ground for diverse unspecialized Tabanomorpha. It probably contains several lineages that diverged in the Jurassic.
 
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