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Pierre55
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Posted on 05-01-2008 16:00
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Pic taken in Belgium on 02.09.2001
No other view...
No idea of the family...
Thanks in advance for your help Smile
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hmm. Hippoboscidae?
 
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I am disappointed, Jorge, that you don't recognise a sphaerocerid when it stares you in the face like that.
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It happens. Strong legs are typical for Hipposbocid, and the very flattened body like this one.
 
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Copromyza sp ?
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I think it's Sphaerocera
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Thanks Tony Smile
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Paul Beuk
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Tony Irwin wrote:
I think it's Sphaerocera

So did I but I did not have a key here to check that. Wink
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