Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhiniphoridae??

Posted by Xema on 01-11-2009 11:04
#1
Last summer I got some pictures of blacks flies with large hair on abdomen. I think they are into the family Rhiniphoridae but I am not sure.

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Thanks in advance for a possible identification.

Posted by Zeegers on 01-11-2009 14:07
#2
Yes, clearly a Stevenia (Rhinophoridae).

First impression is that it is S. deceptoria.


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