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Beautiful little fly for ID, SE Spain
Piluca_Alvarez
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Posted on 16-03-2013 22:41
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Completely lost with this cutie, I cannot even figure the family. Any help will be most welcome Smile

Taken in coastal Almeria, SE Spain on February the 18th 2013.

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May be Chloropid? Something like Elachiptera...
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John Carr
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Probably too many bristles for Chloropidae. Some other acalyptrate.
 
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It looks too dark to be Chyromya flava, which has yellow antennae and tarsi.

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it is not a C. flava but rather a Chyromya robusta.
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