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Hi Nick,

Bill Murphy here, author of the Trinidad birder's guide, stayed at Pax Guest House while you were there long ago -- I run into you in the coolest places! Besides birding, my primary work in retirement is on Western Hemisphere sciomyzids. I know little about identifying Palaearctic species, so I can't help you out with this critter, but I want to point out that the latest research places Pelidnoptera as a genus of Sciomzyidae, not as a separate family.

Very best regards,
Bill