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Gordon Jar
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I only manage to get the one photo taken in Monte Verde, Costa Rica April 2019.
I would be grateful of any suggestions perhaps of family.
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So change the title and wait for help (Martin Hauser).

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It looks a bit strange, the colors are off, I guess because it was photographed in the shade under a leaf and the scutellar spines are unusually long. But I still think it could be a female Cyphomyia, maybe even Cyphomyia wiedemanni.
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Thank you very much.
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