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Strange fly #1 from CAR (Africa)
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 Yves Braet sent me this photo recently - can anyone place it to a family or genus? Smile
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 Microdontinae?
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 Syrphidae yes, but not Microdontinae. This is one of the african species of Graptomyza...
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 Fascinating! Smile Yves said that all segments of the abdomen seem to be fused together.
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 I can confirm this as Graptomyza. It is possibly G. xanthopoda, in which case this is an extension of the West African range, or it is G. spinifera, which seems more geographically likely.

To distinguish the two I need to examine the spines set among the setulae of the hind tibia. Segments one and two of the abdomen are completely fused, but the remaining segments are free, although they do certainly adhere strongly together.
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