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Hetralonia cf megerlei - Cyprus
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 Can this fly be named..?
Found 19-6-2017 in Cyprus
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 ...and this one..
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 perhaps Heteralonia sp
 
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 Looks like Hetralonia megerlei to me, (But I am not an expert!)

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 Thank you John and Henrik!
It sure is like Hetralonia megerlei!
For me I never found so many Bombyliidae and to know difference in species.

I made it an Hetralonia cf megerlei as it cannot be far from it.

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hedy2411 wrote:
and to know difference in species.


wing venation will lead you to the correct genus if the wing is clearly captured in a photo.
I have started a wing comparison chart but it is far from finished.
 
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