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 Is it possible to identify this corpse?

Mountainous area. Somosierra (Madrid, Spain), 17th July, 2018.

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 I suppose it will be imposibble to go further. Thank you.
 
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 Anal vein is long, so possibly Anthomyiidae. Excuse me for widening, not narrowing range of possibilities.
 
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Jan Maca wrote:
Anal vein is long, so possibly Anthomyiidae. Excuse me for widening, not narrowing range of possibilities.


The wing is folded so the vein looks longer than it is. I think I see 4 postsutural dorsocentrals, which rules out Anthomyiidae. The very few species with 4 post dc are hairier overall. The pattern on the thorax and the hairy eyes also point to Muscidae.
 
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 Considering a lot of ac setae; hairy eyes and thoracic pattern the choice may be narrowed.
It is either Polietes (lardarius?) or Phaonia (trimaculata?)
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Thank you all of you.
 
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 Polietes sp. (P. lardarius or P. meridionalis)
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 Thank you Waldgeist.
 
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