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Isidro
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Posted on 21-05-2007 08:55
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Another fly from salty "endorreic?" water.

This fly float in the salty interior water.
Yesterday, Pe?aflor, Aragon, Spain, 4-5 mm maybe.

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Some ideas?

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Ephydridae
 
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Thanks Jorge! Wink
 
Nikita Vikhrev
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Ephydrinae, Ephydra or near.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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Thanks Nikita!

Ephydra sp. then?
 
Tony Irwin
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Near Ephydra.Wink It looks like the closely-related Setacera also. Any clearer pictures of the head?
Edited by Tony Irwin on 21-05-2007 20:29
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This is the only picture Sad I taked two more but are very cloudy. And indmediately after the third photo, the fly flied out of the water...
 
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