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First we shall begin with the family ie..??..(French Guiana)
Bernard Perthuis
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What could be the family here ? Doesn't look so easy, for me and also for some others,......
The body of this adult is 11 mm long.
As the title says we are in neotropical French Guiane !!
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I think this is Muscidae.
 
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I'd say Calliphoridae
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Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
I'd say Calliphoridae


Mesembrinella looks likely.
 
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See

Whitworth, Terry L. and Sohath Yusseff-Vanegas. 2019. A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea). Zootaxa 4659(1):1-146. https://www.mapre...a.4659.1.1
 
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Thank you so much, I will check deeper for Calliphoridae/Mesembrinella
 
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