Thread subject: Diptera.info :: African Anthomyiid

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-02-2021 12:10
#1

Dear coleagues, in the Manual of African Diptera there if photo of Anthomyyid sp.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 13-02-2021 12:12
#2

I have the same flies from Namibia. Anyboby knows the name???

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 13-02-2021 12:33
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Compare with this: Michelsen - Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a Possible Kleptoparasite of Dung-Breeding Beetles (African Invertebrates, 54(2):335-347 (2013))

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-02-2021 16:37
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Dima, thank you for your help!!!
It is Karliella sexpunctata! And they use scarab's dung ball as descibed by Michlsen!