Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small orange fly: which genus?

Posted by RE Niks on 21-08-2024 23:37
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I cannot find a clue as to the affiliation of this fly to a family. Arista with many short hairs (so, no Drosophila-family member), and it has vibrissae (so, no lauxaniidae). Four rows of acrostichals. So, which family and genus this fly may belong to?
I found it on UV illuminated sheet at night in the Netherlands,

Posted by RE Niks on 21-08-2024 23:38
#2
and facial aspects:

Posted by nielsyese on 22-08-2024 07:48
#3
My general impression is Anthomyzidae.

Posted by RE Niks on 22-08-2024 23:36
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Thanks, Niels-Jan! I think it is a Stiphrosoma or related species: I saw the posteroventral ctenidial spine on fore femur, as depicted in https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/1996/01/11.pdf.