Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ceratopogonidae (NL) > Palpomyia

Posted by John Carr on 07-08-2021 18:49
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Palpomyia

Tribe Heteromyiini normally has modified legs -- swollen fore tarsomere 5 in Clinohelea, for example. Sphaeromiini has bristles under tarsomere 5 of female. Your fly has neither, so Palpomyiini and the crossvein between branches of radius makes it Palpomyia.