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Muscoidea? or Sciomyzidae?-->Neither
guplox
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Posted on 12-03-2022 01:05
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Picture taken in September near the river in my neighborhood (East China: Zhejiang province). Body length approx. 4mm. Could it belong to the Muscoidea Superfamily? Many thanks in advance!
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Kind of similar to Pteromicra. Perhaps Sciomyzidae? Smile
Edited by guplox on 12-03-2022 10:18
 
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That was my though as well, at first. However, there seems to be a strong transverse suture on thorax ...


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Yes, the thorax seems to have a transverse suture. Thank you for pointing it out! TumbsUp
 
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Not Muscoidea, not Sciomyzid
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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Thank you Nikita for ruling out both of them! TumbsUp
 
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I do not see vibrissae, and the mesonotal suture is indeed puzzling, but still - how about Piophilidae?
 
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It reminds me of Chyliza (Psilidae)
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Thank you Jan and Tony for pointing me to Piophilidae and Psilidae (Chyliza). I'll explore them.TumbsUp
 
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Or perhaps Strongylophthalmyiidae?
 
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Kind of similar to the iNat picture identifed as Strongylophthalmyia sp.at this link(https://www.inatu...s/89471944).
 
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