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Hi Theo,

I had to do a double-take there because I thought you said Syrphidae.....

now I see in Stubbs that such a fly does indeed exist, and it's a better match than a bristle-less Heleomyzid. I've seen it in the book but always passed over it as something I'm not likely to find. Extraordinary. The book shows a fat-bodied male (for B. scutellaris), but the abdomen here is longish.

many thanks,

Jeremy
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