Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Megamerina dolium

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-10-2005 20:24
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You were right to dubt the identification. This is the sciomyzid Sepedon spinipes. I have noticed before that in some keys to the families of Diptera the Sepedon species will run to Megamerinidae. The fact that the antennae are somewhat elongate is enough to rule Megamerina out, as that species has the normal short acalyptrate antennae.