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aleix
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 Does anyone know about this fly id?

It looks as if it mimics an Apidae wasp

It was photographed by Miquel Boix in Girona, Catalonia last October

Thanks in advanced,

Aleix
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 It mimics sphecid wasps Wink

Cylindromya??
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 Definitely Cylindromyia (Tachinidae) but probably impossible to say the species from this photo Smile
 
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 Thank you very much!
 
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Kahis
14.05.13 09:30
A partial catalogue of types @ MZH (Zool. Mus. Helsinki) by yours truly Smile http://www.luomus.
fi/elaintiede/hyon
teiset/tyypit/dipt
eratypes.html

mcerny
04.05.13 11:19
OK, Paul! Smile

Paul Beuk
03.05.13 22:20
@milos: I need to check. Perhaps I have.

oceanlis2000
02.05.13 11:25
Thank you for your quick reply Smile

mcerny
02.05.13 08:59
does anyone have Agromyzidae from Afrotropical region please

Zeegers
30.04.13 16:38
schulterbeulen = humeri kreutzborsten = crossed bristles

oceanlis2000
30.04.13 16:30
can anyone translate the german words schulterbeulen and kreutzborsten please? Wink

Christian Kehlmaier
17.04.13 11:04
Anyone knows right away how many species of Diptera there are in Europe? Thanks.

rvanderweele
14.04.13 23:28
Smile ok, Johanna!

javanerkelens
14.04.13 23:27
Grin...what you prefer, we can discus this, during some good wine, cheese and many new pinned flies!

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