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[edit] Orange Piophilidae with a bent leg => Neottiophilum praeustum
BjZelvelder	#1 Posted on 02-04-2021 21:59
Member Location: Posts: 9 Joined: 28.10.20	Hi, here's a strange looking Lauxaniidae fly that I have found in Sarthe (72), France. The habitus looks like Homoneura sp., it has the same black spots on the wings as Minettia inusta, but almost no bristle on the mesothorax (only 2 dc) which makes these propositions unlikely. Its posterior tibiae are also strangely bent… Any idea ? Edited by BjZelvelder on 03-04-2021 10:08


nielsyese	#2 Posted on 03-04-2021 08:46
Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2331 Joined: 13.02.09	Check Neottiophilum praeustum (Piophilidae). Best wishes, Niels-Jan Dek


BjZelvelder	#3 Posted on 03-04-2021 09:40
Member Location: Posts: 9 Joined: 28.10.20	Thank you for your answer, your proposition fits perfectly with my specimen. However, its bent posterior tibiae don't seem do be described anywhere (but I might be wrong). Could it be an anomaly ?


Nikita Vikhrev	#4 Posted on 03-04-2021 10:18
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	Recently Misha Esin from Mordovian NR send me couple of images Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image: [61.29Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Nikita Vikhrev	#5 Posted on 03-04-2021 10:21
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	Neottiophilum praeustum is nest parasit of birds, rare fly, we have only few specimens in the collection of Zool Museum of Moscow. Hind tibia normally only slightly curved. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Nikita Vikhrev	#6 Posted on 03-04-2021 10:21
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	dorsal Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image: [59.32Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


BjZelvelder	#7 Posted on 03-04-2021 18:34
Member Location: Posts: 9 Joined: 28.10.20	Thanks a lot for these specifications. I'm glad I took the time to shoot some photos of this fly that didn't look peculiar at first. Best regards, Benjamin Zelvelder